19 Dec
2024
19 Dec
'24
6:41 a.m.
This message constitutes notice of a Last Call for
comments on
XEP-0424.
Title: Message Retraction
Abstract:
This specification defines a method for indicating that a message
should be retracted.
URL: https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0424.html
This Last Call begins today and shall end at the close of business on
2025-01-06.
Please consider the following questions during this Last Call and send
your feedback to the standards(a)xmpp.org discussion list:
1. Is this specification needed to fill gaps in the XMPP protocol
stack or to clarify an existing protocol?
No, it is a subset of the functionality of
https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0308.html
2. Does the specification solve the problem stated in
the introduction
and requirements?
Yes.
3. Do you plan to implement this specification in your
code? If not,
why not?
I have partially in some code, to interpret incoming instead of showing ugly
fallbacks some clients send.
4. Do you have any security concerns related to this
specification?
No.
5. Is the specification accurate and clearly written?
Yes.
For messages of type 'groupchat', the
stanza's Unique and Stable Stanza
IDs (XEP-0359) [4] 'origin ID' MUST NOT be used for retractions.
I find this to be an unecessarily complicating requirement of this XEP. When
retracting one's own stanza there is no reason one cannot safely use one's
own message@id just as we do in XEP-0308