Re: FYI: Header Compression

FWIW, they are certainly not the only two working on this problem. The
two mechanisms are definitely quite similar and, as I described in the
note I posted yesterday, it ought to be exceedingly simple to merge
them into a single approach.

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
> As previously discussed, we're considering both Hervé's HeaderDiff and Roberto's Delta2 as the starting point for header compression.
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> These approaches are remarkably similar; in fact, both have been tweaking their approaches based upon what they've learned through discussion.
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> Because of this, I've been talking with them about how best to move forward, and they believe that it's worth trying to combine efforts and work on a unified approach, taking the best of each.
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> I think this is a good path, provided that we can get the result very soon - as in, within the next ~2 weeks, ideally sooner.
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> They believe that they can meet that goal. So, we'll wait a bit longer for that proposal. If you have concerns, please don't hesitate to talk to me.
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> Roberto and Hervé - please keep the WG informed of your progress.
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> Thanks,
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