[ticker-dev] Latest draft (was Re: Timeout attribute)

[David Arnold]

-->"Ian" == Ian Lister <ticker-lists at lister.dnsalias.net> writes:

  Ian> At the risk of pushing my luck with the Timeout attribute I'd
  Ian> like to see a recommendation in the draft that producers not
  Ian> specify arbitrary message timeouts i.e. that unless there is a
  Ian> specific reason that the producer doesn't believe a message
  Ian> will have validity after a certain time then a Timeout should
  Ian> not be specified. This means that interactive clients would
  Ian> default to having an unspecified timeout for each message.

I have added the following text:

    Clients SHOULD NOT include a Timeout attribute in messages by
    default: unless the user or generating program has reason to
    suggest a limited validity period for the message, no Timeout need
    be specified.

Is that ok?  Anyone disagree?




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