On 30 June 2010 08:06, Paul Aurich <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010-06-29 23:48, Matthew Wild wrote: >> On 30 June 2010 06:13, Paul Aurich <[email protected]> wrote: >>> While discussing XEP-0186 (Invisible Command) in >>> [email protected], I noticed that the specification doesn't >>> actually mention whether or not a server is supposed to generate any >>> sort of presence probes. >>>
>> >> I wasn't around for the discussion (I was sleeping for once) but my >> plan for a while has been to add a new attribute to signal this. >> Setting probe='true' would ask the server to send probes (and thus >> risk revealing your connected state) or probe='false' to not do this, >> but understand you may not receive presence from your contacts. > > +1 from me (if only because I suspect I'd be on the losing side of the > ensuing debate without this option ;) ) > The debate has been rolling on for years, I don't think there are or will be any winners or losers for some centuries if we allow it to continue :) Matthew
