From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: "J.P." <jp@neverwas.me>
Cc: 51342@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51342: 29.0.50; remove non-CAPs from rcirc capability list
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:10:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fsryehfx.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1caseo5.fsf@neverwas.me> (J. P.'s message of "Sun, 24 Oct 2021 07:03:38 -0700")
(Sorry that it took me a while to respond)
"J.P." <jp@neverwas.me> writes:
> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> What confuses me is how standard-replies doesn't have to be requested.
>> message-ids is clear, because they rely on message-tags and if a that is
>> provided, sending message IDs even if they were not requested wouldn't
>> pose any issues. The thing is that standard-replies introduces new
>> types, that the client must be able to parse. Just sending them to any
>> non IRCv3-capable client would presumable confuse it. From reading the
>> spec, I don't immediately see that it says the capability should be
>> requested. Could you explain this?
>
> Standard replies are quite mysterious. From what I can gather:
>
> - Future extensions are to favor this form of reply whenever possible.
> - These *aren't* for recasting existing replies.
>
> So there's no need to explicitly request them because support is implied
> when asking for an extension that uses them, much like with message IDs.
I understand the issue, but am still hesitant. If this is vague, then it
seems better to err on the side of safety and request a message even if
the request constitutes a noop. Or are there any real downsides to being
more explicit?
--
Philip Kaludercic
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-14 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-23 0:08 bug#51342: 29.0.50; remove non-CAPs from rcirc capability list J.P.
2021-10-23 1:59 ` J.P.
2021-10-24 10:05 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-10-24 14:03 ` J.P.
2021-10-26 3:50 ` J.P.
2021-11-14 18:10 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2021-11-14 23:07 ` J.P.
2021-11-17 20:22 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-13 14:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-13 18:30 ` J.P.
[not found] ` <877d15yxun.fsf@neverwas.me>
2022-10-12 13:36 ` J.P.
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