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[Adrian Farrel <AF@dataconnection.com>]

>>Because the Notify message is sent instead of a regular PathErr
>>message, a node that receives the Notify but does not support it
>>will not get any error indication from RSVP signalling at all!
>
>I think it's worth pointing out that Adrian's version differs 
>from the most recent draft, which says "The Notify message does
>not replace existing error messages. "  I think any attempt to 
>replace base RSVP messages with a notify would be misguided.  
>I don't know if this is what Adrian meant to 
>imply.  (Although this is one reading of the his text.)

Not my intention (except with consent of the LSRs involved).
see my response to Markus.

Adrian