> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008
> 13:31:38 -0400> Subject: Re: [Standards] stream restarts> These are not
> compelling reasons to introduce a change to a protocol> already in wide use.
> You cannot "clean up" an existing protocol, only> make it messier by
> introducing transition issues.> >
Obviously it is compelling enough to some or we wouldnt be discussing it. You
can accurately say these are not compelling reasons to YOU, but that is all.
You certainly can clean up a protocol, it's done all the time. There shouldnt
be any transistion issues because the change will be backward compatible,
however new implementations that don't need to interoperate with the previous
behavior will benefit (and new systems like this are coming out all the time).
It does make existing implementations that need to incorporate both behaviors a
bit messier though!
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