On 5/7/21 7:33 AM, Edwin Mons wrote:
> On 07/05/2021 14:33, Kevin Smith wrote:
>> On 7 May 2021, at 13:30, Matthew Wild <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 12:10, Edwin Mons <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I was looking at XEP-0198, and noticed something odd in Example 6.
>>>> Shouldn't that have been a stream error instead, as the text above
>>>> states? If so, will send out a PR.
>>> Which is correct? The text or the example? While I was originally
>>> inclined to agree that this should be a stream error, it should be
>>> noted that section 6 "Error Handling" states:
>>>
>>>  "If an error occurs with regard to an <enable/> or <resume/>
>>> element, the server MUST return a <failed/> element."
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>  "Stream management errors SHOULD be considered recoverable; however,
>>> misuse of stream management MAY result in termination of the stream."
>>>
>>> It's relevant in the context that a stream error will terminate the
>>> session (such that it can't be resumed).
>>>
>>> I don't feel strongly either way.
>> The text in question mentions wanting the connection terminated, which 
>> suggests stream error is right (which also seems logically sound to me).
>>
>> "If a server receives a second <enable/> element it SHOULD respond with a 
>> stream error, thus terminating the client connection.”
> 
> This was indeed how I interpreted the text and am inclined to implement.

+1. Example 6 looks like a copy-paste error. Who wrote these specs?!?

/psa
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