[JDEV] CLIENT DEVELOPERS: How to get your client listed on new jabber.org site...

[Casey Crabb]

> A "compliant" client IMO, should at least do the following:
> 
> 1) Client SHOULD Always generate a new <thread/> when a new conversation is
> started. In most clients, this is equivilant to dbl-clicking on the contacts
> glyph in the roster. A new window is opened, so I get a new thread.
> 
> 2) Clients MUST always echo back the <thread/> tag when replying to existing
> chat messages.
> 
> If all clients at least did rule #2, I would be happy to put proper
> threading back into my clients :)
> 

This gets tricky when you're dealing with a command-line client. How do 
you know what is replying and what is starting a new conversation?
This is the way I solved it. If I've never received a message from them, 
or I haven't received a message in the last n (I think I set n to 5 
minutes) time units, I start a new thread. Otherwise I echo back the 
thread last sent to me.  Do you think this is an appropriate solution?

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Casey