> On 29 May 2015, at 23:32, Matthew Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 29 May 2015 at 21:00, Dave Cridland <[email protected]> wrote: >> What if, on a resumption failure, a server could include the 'h' attribute, >> to mean "I can't actually resume your state, but I did get all the stanzas >> up until H". >> >> I think this allows servers to hold onto this small amount of state for >> considerably longer than it's desirable to keep a disconnected session live, >> and it also makes a halfway house between ack-only and full resumption >> possible for other servers. >> >> Thoughts?
+1 good idea > > Definitely +1. > >> Also, do you think we could add this attribute without a version bump? No, I would go for a version bump, because it could break some clients. > > If it's optional, yes. Theoretically a client could choke on an > unexpected attribute, but the number of XEP-0198-capable clients that > I know would do this is zero. > > Regards, > Matthew
