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suggested further clarification of matter/thread relationship #32359

Open dduff617 opened 4 months ago

dduff617 commented 4 months ago

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existing text has a section called "What does Thread have to do with Matter?" and a subsection called "THREAD DEVICES DON’T NECESSARILY SUPPORT MATTER", it seems like something conspicuously absent is a corresponding subsection called "MATTER DEVICES DON’T NECESSARILY USE THREAD". it would be possible to read the current text and come away with the opposite impression.
there are many devices on the market today currently that support matter-over-WiFi and matter-over-ethernet. matter is an application-level protocol that can work over multiple different transport-layer protocols. thread is one such transport protocol (admittedly one with some unique advantages and relevance to home-automation applications).
i don't want to be pedantic, however i think this is a common point of confusion, and that's why i think it is important to clarify rather than compound the confusion.

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter/

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2024.4.3

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marcelveldt commented 4 months ago

I think that is exactly what we already do so I don't really get your point but I'll leave it to @c0ffeeca7 for a final view.

dduff617 commented 4 months ago

i concede that the point is covered in the preceding text.
i suspect however that if a reader goes to the "what does thread have to do with matter?" section for clarification, many will end up thinking that to use matter, it requires thread. and subsequently having thread requires that you have a thread border router, etc...
that section does say "[thread is] a suitable transport protocol option for Matter" (emphasis mine), which again i concede is exactly correct. i just don't think that's the natural "take-away" understanding of this overall section as written.