In preparation for the XMPP Summit in a few weeks, I'm reviewing the status of several XEPs and preparing summaries so that we can quickly come to agreement regarding open issues. First on my list is XEP-0198.
Many moons ago (last June, July, and September) there was a discussion thread about this spec: http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-June/023512.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-June/023525.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-June/023526.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-July/023647.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-July/023649.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-July/023655.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-July/023656.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-July/023648.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-September/023770.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-September/023768.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-September/023769.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-September/023797.html http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-September/023846.html I see two main points... 1. Dave Cridland helpfully sent in a patch based on implementation feedback in M-Link and Psi, analyzed here: http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2010-September/023769.html I don't disagree with anything in the patch, so I think it can be applied, and will plan to do that soon if there are no objections from my co-authors. I'll also add Dave as a co-author, naturally. 2. Folks seem to think it would be good to replace the current rule (based on number of stanzas) with a time-based rule. For example, Matthew Wild wrote: I think the unacked stanza count should be switched for a time-based algorithm. Perhaps something along the lines of the BOSH timeout handshake... IMHO that is a good topic for discussion at the Summit, or of course here on the list before then. It's not reflected in Dave's patch, unless I'm missing something obvious. Are there any other issues we need to discuss regarding XEP-0198? Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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