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Re: Mangling a=extmap and a=mid before setLocalDescription

From: Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:15:58 +0200
To: Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>
Cc: "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
Message-ID: <be82fdfa-83df-13ee-08d3-ee5dcec18b85@nostrum.com>
On 7/19/17 14:12, Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:
> I wonder why do we need
> the "createOffer" + "setLocalDescription" ceremony at all? I mean, if
> the SDP provided by createOffer() should not be changed in any way and
> setLocalDescription() should be called with it, why does it even
> exist? It provides nothing.


While I might be able to come up with a reasonable-sounding explanation 
here (and it might even be true), the top-line practical consideration 
here is that we can't really make radical changes to the API flow with 
so much deployed code.

/a
Received on Wednesday, 19 July 2017 12:16:31 UTC

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