I'm okay with this.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:59 AM Gorry Fairhurst <[email protected]> wrote:

> We seem to need to decide what "Reliable Data Transfer" means to an
> Application.
>
> My point. expanding here a little, is:
>
> TAPS has to by default do something if the app doesn't say what it wants.
> So this is really about the default service chosen by TAPS.  A safe
> assumption is that an app not designed for reordering, loss, duplication
> etc  will receive the default service, that's why I think this should be
> "Reliable Data Transfer".
>
> Apps that CAN handle all of these need to tell the TAPS Interface that
> they do not need a "Reliable Data Transfer". If the app does not do this,
> and happens to exist on a stack that only supports datagrams, then it would
> not be able to connect.
>
> Gorry
> On 02/04/2020 13:32, mwelzl wrote:
>
> List discussion:
>
> *Kyle:*
>
> 7.4.7. Reliable Data Transfer (Message)
>
>    - The default isn't "true", it's whatever the underlying connection
>    had, right?
>
> *@philsbln <https://github.com/philsbln>*:
>
> Ack
>
> *@mwelzl <https://github.com/mwelzl>*:
>
> I agree too, but doesn’t this warrant some more discussion?
> I think our defaults all translate into things that can work in some way
> when TCP is used - with “Reliable Data Transfer” being an exception, as it
> just can’t work in a UDP-only system. Are there others? I think I’ll open
> an issue for this one.
>
> *@gorryfair <https://github.com/gorryfair>*:
>
> I don't agree at all - To me this was just the default behaviour of the
> API.
>
> I think the default needs to be "reliable" and an app will have to
> over-ride that to get datagram/unreliable operation. That doesn't mean if
> you have only UDP (for instance) that you can't offer TAPS, to me it simply
> means you always need to say that the app wants this service.
>
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