On 07/01/15 18:27, Ralph Meijer wrote:
> 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?
>
That would work for me.
Edwin
