On 2015-01-07 16:15, Adrien wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 01/07/2015 03:42 PM, Edwin Mons wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> XEP-0060 lists both delete-items and retract-items for the same feature,
>> <retract/>. delete-items was added in the last revision, but it looks
>> like an error to me. I think 7.2 should be revised, and one of the two
>> features (likely delete-items) should be removed.
>
> yes you're right. At least that's what I have been told ("delete-items
> is the surplus one") when I asked.
I forget why it was added in the last version of this XEP, but it surely
wasn't missing as mentioned in the changelog, as we had 'retract-items'
as a feature for a long time. Reading the text around it, I feel it is
confusing, too. I'd rather go with talking about 'retracting items' and
'deleting nodes' thoughout, and not talk about 'deleting items'.
I think that many (all?) clients ignore this feature for discovery
altogether, so what about making 'delete-items' a thing that servers
SHOULD also advertise along with 'retract-items', but have clients
depend on 'retract-items' exclusively?
--
ralphm
