[Standards] certification etc.

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Rachel Blackman wrote:
>> One is that Basic defines things that are fundamental -- so far, that 
>> means stream-level stuff and service discovery. It seems to me that 
>> stream compression is a stream-level feature and thus it belongs in 
>> the Basic suite. Naturally you can do stream compression via TLS if it 
>> is supported in your SSL library. So it is preferred to handle stream 
>> compression that way. If your SSL library doesn't support the TLS bit 
>> for stream compression, file a bug report.
> 
> To rephrase my earlier comment, I think stream compression can be a 
> recommended feature client-side, but should never be a required one.
> 
> I DO think it should be a required one, server-side!  But for clients, 
> it's sort of redundant if you can support TLS.  With servers... well, if 
> the server doesn't support it, the client can't take advantage of it.  
> And if the client can't take advantage of it, there's going to be little 
> impetus to implement anything.  And I'm fine with it being a required 
> feature in the basic specification for servers, rather than 
> intermediate; it /is/ a stream level feature and may belong there.
> 
> Either way, it definitely should be SOMEWHERE in the server 
> requirements, otherwise it's useless to the clients that /do/ need it.  
> I just think it's silly to require it for clients in general, when only 
> a few really need it; the vast majority of clients will be speaking TLS 
> (which I believe is *also* a server certification requirement, so the 
> servers will by definition support it!) and will never use the stream 
> compression.
> 
> If it's required, heck, I'll support it, but I just think it's sort of 
> silly in the client spec, and clutters the requirements list. :)

Duly noted. :)

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
XMPP Standards Foundation
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