Re: [Sip] INFO considered harmful

[Jonathan Rosenberg <jdrosen@dynamicsoft.com>]

Michael Thomas wrote:
> Jonathan Rosenberg writes:
>  > There is a huge difference that you are ignorning.
>  > 
>  > The semantics of INVITE are well defined. SIP-guidelines says bodies 
>  > can't change that basic semantic. Same with UPDATE.
>  > 
>  > INFO has no defined semantic. Thus, it is not currently a violation of 
>  > the spec (and indeed, seemingly encouraged by it) to place all kinds of 
>  > stuff in it. THis is why we HAVE seen abuse of INFO, but not INVITE or 
>  > UPDATE.
>
>   So... s/INFO/X-SIPPING and be done with it?
Sorry for being dense, but I don't follow what you mean here.

If you are asking whether I am suggesting that people define their stuff 
as new methods, then yes, that is what I am suggesting.

-Jonathan R.


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