[ticker-dev] Timeout attribute

[David Arnold]

-->"Matt" == Phillips, Matthew <Matthew.Phillips at dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:

  Matt> While I'm aware that drafts are named as such because they may
  Matt> change, I think incompatible changes need to be driven by a
  Matt> severe technical shortcoming found in the original.

In general, changing drafts is good.  It's what they're for.  Changing
a standard is another thing.

We're in a middle-ground here in that the draft has been static for a
long time, and so it has come to be seen as a "standard" despite its
flaws.

  Matt> My proposal would be to add a new field (eg "Timeout-Seconds",
  Matt> "Lifetime", etc) and include "Timeout" rounded up to the
  Matt> nearest minute for backwards compat.

If we were looking at changing a standard, that's what we'd have to
do (or, please no, Timeout-2 or something).

My goal here is to get the best possible standard.  I know there's
some short-term pain involved, but in a few years that'll be
forgotten, and we'll still be reaping the benefits of a standard name
for timing out information.





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