[Telepathy-commits] [telepathy-spec/master] StreamedMedia: note why automatically accepting stream directions on call acceptance might be considered unwise

[Simon McVittie]

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 spec/Channel_Type_Streamed_Media.xml |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/Channel_Type_Streamed_Media.xml b/spec/Channel_Type_Streamed_Media.xml
index c4ba8d4..2020b86 100644
--- a/spec/Channel_Type_Streamed_Media.xml
+++ b/spec/Channel_Type_Streamed_Media.xml
@@ -468,6 +468,13 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</
           can answer incoming calls and get an unmuted microphone/activated
           webcam without having to take additional action to accept the
           stream directions.</p>
+
+        <p>It does, however, introduce a race condition: a client believing
+          that it is accepting an audio-only call by calling AddMembers
+          can inadvertantly accept an audio + video call (and hence activate
+          sending from a webcam without the user's permission) if a video
+          stream is added just before AddMembers is processed. This race
+          should be removed when this specification is revised.</p>
       </tp:rationale>
 
     <p>In general this should be used in conjunction with the <tp:dbus-ref
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