On 6/30/10 9:20 AM, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 30 June 2010 16:16, Peter Saint-Andre <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6/30/10 12:48 AM, 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. >>>> >>>> Waqas suggested that based on historical discussions, most people think >>>> the server shouldn't (I disagree, but anyway.) Regardless of which side >>>> of that people are on, I think the specification should, at the very >>>> least, bring up the topic. >>>> >>> >>> 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. >> >> When in doubt, introduce an option? ;-) >> > > As a wise developer once said: "You can please some of the people all > of the time, all of the people some of the time, or you can introduce > an option."
Where would this option go and how would it be used? Examples would help. :)
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