On Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2018 04:02:23 CEST Kim Alvefur wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I have implemented tombstones for destroyed MUC rooms. My reading of the
> sacred texts did not give me enlightenment as how to inform someone
> who's attempting to enter the remains of such a place. I've so far opted
> to return an <presence type=unavailable> with the same <destroyed> child
> that was in the inital announcement of the rooms destruction.
> 
> Of the clients I’ve tested so far, only Gajim seems to understand this.
> Swift says something unspecific about failure to enter the room, while
> Pidgin and poezio say nothing.
> 
> So basically, this is the reply one gets to a MUC join:
> 
> ``` xml
> <presence type="unavailable" id="" to="me@localhost/r"
> from="a@gc.localhost/n"> <x xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/muc#user";>
>     <item affiliation="none" role="none"/>
>     <destroy>You see only a crater.</destroy>
>   </x>
> </presence>
> 
> ```
> 
> Does this make sense?

Is there a reason to not use a presence type="error"? I’d expect clients to 
handle those already. 

I’d use a <gone/> type error, which encodes the semantics perfectly. <gone/> 
also allows for permanent redirects (which I think <destroy/> does, too).

kind regards,
Jonas

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