[JDEV] guarantee of order?

[Dustin Puryear]

Max Horn wrote:
> 
> At 12:32 Uhr -0400 25.05.2001, Thomas Charron wrote:
> >From: Jens Alfke
> >Subject: Re: [JDEV] guarantee of order?
> >>  Instead of making up new mechanisms like sequence numbers, why not just
> >have the server add a timestamp to every message via the jabber:x:delay
> >namespace?
> >
> >     THAT would be a great idea, and provide much better message tracking..
> 
> Uhm, no. Think of time sync isssues. This is not that great after

Would it be a real issue though? I would think the stamp would take
place at c2s. As long as a given cluster of Jabber servers servicing a
client population kept their time synced then the ORDER of time could be
relied on, even if the actual time on the initial server differed from
the target clients.

Still, I do like the sequencing idea better.

Regards, Dustin

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