[saga-rg] Jobs and SandBoxing

[Tom Goodale]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Andre Merzky wrote:

>>> I am pretty sure it braks for some cases. E.g. the backend
>>> may have a moving URL, or may reuse ID's (as Unix does with
>>> pid's).  However, as long as it is not mandatory, it might
>>> just help...
>>
>> You're right, but it would be useful for many cases.
>
> So I guess we should include it, because it is simple, does
> not seem to break anything (its not mandatory, right?), and
> seems to allow a number of useful use cases.  As its not
> mandatory, we should add it to the notes section I guess.
>
> Does anybody else on the list disagree?

I think it should be a hint for implementers, rather than required by the 
spec, as as far as end users are concerned it should be an opaque string.

Tom