I went to urban dictionary and it says: Ass on lips
Jef
or something like that
Jef
Kev, I think the forwarding mechanism should be clear enough so that other protocols won't have their own version of what the forwarding mechanism should do
Kev
I'm not sure what you mean.
Jef
forwarding messages is easy, forwarding IQ is not intuitive
Kev
I still don't follow.
Kev
Forwarding an IQ is no harder than forwarding a message.
Jef
maybe it is a forged stanza, maybe IQ is false
Jef
in that case we want to tell the other person that we are answering a forward IQ
Kev
You can't answer a forwarded IQ.
Jef
so that if he says that he don't know what we are talking about
Jef
yea, you are right I used the wrong words
Jef
when we reply to the requested information to the original sender
Kev
You mean that A sends B an iq, B forwards to C and C replies to A?
Jef
yes
Kev
Right, you can't do that.
Jef
why?
Jef
so does it has to go through B to get to A
Kev
iqs are full jid to full jid
Kev
If you reply with a different full JID it's not going to work.
Jef
ha
Jef
so does it has to go through B to get to A
Kev
It depends what you're trying to do.
Jef
just answer the requested information in the IQ
Jef
B doesn't have that information so it asks C
Kev
But why do you want forwarding to do that.
Jef
because A doesn't know C
Jef
B doesn't have that information so it asks C
Kev
Right.
Kev
You don't need forwarding for B to ask C.
Jef
hmm...
Jef
yea thats right
Kev
There may be rare situations in which forwarding an iq might make sense, but none come immediately to mind and there's no sensible way to address imaginary requirements in any sensible manner.
Kev
If there's a new protocol that needs iq forwarding, it will need to explain what the semantics are.
Kev
Just like any protocol forwarding messages will need to explain what the semantics are.