On Jul 20, 2011, at 15:34, Dave Cridland wrote:

> On Tue Jul 19 21:31:13 2011, XMPP Extensions Editor wrote:
>> 1. Is this specification needed to fill gaps in the XMPP protocol stack or 
>> to clarify an existing protocol?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>> 2. Does the specification solve the problem stated in the introduction and 
>> requirements?
> 
> No. No problem is defined; see below.
> 
> 
>> 3. Do you plan to implement this specification in your code? If not, why not?
> 
> [N/A, I don't really do clients]
> 
> 
>> 4. Do you have any security concerns related to this specification?
> 
> No.
> 
> 
>> 5. Is the specification accurate and clearly written?
> 
> Not entirely.
> 
> I'm concerned by the final rule in ยง2.3, which suggests that *any* presence 
> update from the contact SHOULD break the lock. I think this rule is fine; 
> however I think a short discussion of when to ignore this rule would be 
> useful.

Since I'm not aware of a situation where ignoring the rule is useful, I don't 
have any discussion to add (-:

I can add something to the effect that "we don't know when you'd *not* want to 
unlock, but you're given some slight leeway to", or I change the SHOULD to 
MUST, or accept a contribution.

> 
> Also, it would be useful to have a paragraph somewhere explaining what the 
> user experince the specification keeps talking about actually is - that is, 
> what the goal of the specification is.
> 

Noted.

And thank you for the feedback.


- m&m

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