On 3/5/09 9:31 AM, Mickael Remond wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> Pedro Melo wrote:
> 
>> As for controlling presence-out (aka invisible mode), I don't see any
>> value so far on adding that to the roster protocol.
> 
> I see several functional reasons:
> - Privacy list have to be defined in advance.
> - Most people have no privacy list (do not accept anyone in their roster).
> - People still want to connect in unexpected situation and do not get
> incoming conversation at times when it is not adequate.
> 
> I see one technical reason:
> - Roster takes space in memory on the server: With large number of users, it 
> makes
> sense to allow the user to only load / activate what he needs for the session.
> 
> For this three reasons, we will have to implement something like this in
> ejabberd. It would be nice if there is a standard to do that, but we
> need it anyway, so we will have to make something anyway.

Do people need to limit all outbound presence (XEP-0186) or do they need
to limit it in a more flexible manner? Can XEP-0186 be updated to handle
that (e.g., specify by roster group)?

Peter

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