[jdev] PyMSNt 0.11 release

[Norman Rasmussen]

On 2/17/06, Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org> wrote:
> You can exchange IQs with a bare JID, but they go to something other
> than a client. For normal XMPP users, that "something else" is the
> Jabber server. For MSN users contacted through a gateway, that
> "something else" is the gateway itself.
yes, gateways are special - but we knew that.

> > I think the PyMSNt resource = 'msn' is a 'workaround' for the gajim
> > bug.  (Which I think has also been fixed in gajim svn).
>
> JEP-0100 includes the following note:
>
> ******
>
> If the Legacy Service to which the Gateway connects does not support a
> concept equivalent to that of Jabber "resources" as described in RFC
> 3920 [8], the 'from' address of message stanzas generated by a gateway
> SHOULD NOT include a resource identifier (i.e., they SHOULD be of the
> form <user at host> rather than <user at host/resource>). However, the 'from'
> address MAY include a resource if the Gateway determines that this is
> appropriate in the context of its communications with the Legacy Service.

With the yahoo transport this was actually because a yahoo contact
could be logged into chat or conference separatly. (not that I've seen
this code working these days - i can only assume it used to, but
because of a yahoo protocol change it's stopped).

>
> ******
>
> So there is no requirement for a gateway to add resources.
correct, but it did serve to keep the gajim team from harassing James
I think :-P

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