Re: [Simple] (Very) late MSRP questions, version number in request?

[Adam Roach <adam at nostrum.com>]

Ignacio Más Ivars (KI/EAB) wrote:

> I have a question about MSRP that stroke me the last days while
> implementing some MSRP code: SIP, HTTP and RTSP (for example) signal the
> version in the header line (SIP/2.0, HTTP/1.1...) for different reasons
> (compatibility and so...) Wouldn't it be a good idea to do the same with
> MSRP, say 'MSRP/1.0 transactionID SEND'.

This comes up often enough that we might to add some motivating text in 
the document.

I'll quote Ben Campbell from a message dated 6/28/2004:

> This was discussed in the working group some time back. The consensus 
> was that there was no use for a version indicator, since MSRP would 
> never negotiate versions.
>
> Since MSRP is _always_ negotiated with an external signaling protocol, 
> any version negotiation belongs there. Any version updates to MSRP 
> must describe how to indicate the new version in the sdp exchange. 


/a

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