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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml index 8fdb88749e..eafddd7d1e 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -40,8 +40,65 @@ first.</p> <title>diameter 0.9</title> <p> -First OTP release.</p> +Initial release of the diameter application.</p> +<p> +Known issues or limitations:</p> + +<list> + +<item> +<p> +Some agent-related functionality is not entirely complete. +In particular, support for proxy agents, that advertise specific +Diameter applications but otherwise relay messages in much the same +way as relay agents (for which a <seealso +marker="diameter_app#handle_request">handle_request/3</seealso> +callback can return a <c>relay</c> tuple), will be completed in an +upcoming release. +There may also be more explicit support for redirect agents, although +redirect behaviour can be implemented with the current +functionality.</p> + +</item> + +<item> +<p> +There is some asymmetry in the treatment of messages sent as +<c>diameter_header/avp</c> records and those sent in the "normal" +fashion, and not all of this is documented. +This is related to the previous point since this form of sending a +message was introduced specifically to handle relay agent behaviour +using the same callback interface as for client/server behaviour.</p> +</item> + +<item> +<p> +The User's Guide is currently quite thin. +The introductory chapter followed by the examples (in the application +<c>examples</c> subdirectory) may be sufficient +for those having some familiarity with the Diameter protocol but the +intention is to provide more introductory text. +The reference documentation is quite complete, although some points +could likely be expanded upon.</p> +</item> + +<item> +<p> +The function <seealso +marker="diameter#service_info">diameter:service_info/2</seealso> +can be used to retrieve information about a started service +(statistics, information about connected peers, etc) but +this is not yet documented and both the input and output may change +in the next release.</p> +</item> + + +</list> + +<p> +See <seealso marker="diameter_soc">Standards Compliance</seealso> for +standards-related issues.</p> </section> </chapter> |