[JDEV] groups in groups

[Michael Abraham Shulman]

"Jens" == Jens Askengren <jensus at linux.nu> writes:

Jens> Do you mean that it would be impossible to have the same JID
Jens> occur multiple times in a hierarchical roster reply? I don't
Jens> think so.  It only requires the client to do a little smarter
Jens> interpretation of the roster-reply than currently necessary.

Like this?

<group>
  <item jid='me at somewhere'/>
</group>
<group>
  <item jid='me at somewhere'/>
</group>

I suppose that would work fine, and I don't know that the client would
need to be all that much smarter.  I'm writing a client right now
(will post details when it's usable) and it would certainly be easier
to translate the roster info into a displayable form if it came in a
hierarchical format.

Would someone (Keith?) care to enlighten us on why this format was
rejected?  What turned out to be impractical about it?  I've glanced
over the JDEV archives but I can't find any discussion on this
subject.

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