[Standards] rfc3921bis: self-presence

[Jonathan Chayce Dickinson]

Rachel Blackman wrote:
>> Is it harmful for the "baz" resource to receive its self-presence? I
>> don't see a particular reason why the server needs to avoid sending
>> that. Would it confuse the client?
> 
> No.  And frankly, it is annoying NOT to get the presence, because then 
> you have to add special-case code to your roster for any users who DO 
> want their own JID there.  So that every time you change your own 
> status, you have to go look up if your own JID is on your roster and 
> generate an event just like a presence change for it.  Hardly a 
> disaster, but makes the status stuff messier than necessary.
> 

Yes, very annoying, but server administrators are far more aware of 
changes to XMPP than your average Joe user. A client using some old 
version of software will be plagued by this little mis-hap. Chances are 
once the server code changes, any servers that deploy it will be soon to 
follow. Maybe there is another way?

Maybe the server could only send a client's presence back to him if it 
has changed since the server last sent it?

Regards,
  Jonathan Dickinson

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jonathan chayce dickinson
ruby/c# developer

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