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diff --git a/docs/specification.rst b/docs/specification.rst index dfaf460175..a58ec6645f 100644 --- a/docs/specification.rst +++ b/docs/specification.rst @@ -847,9 +847,8 @@ defined in the following state events: Joining rooms ------------- -.. TODO-doc kegan - - TODO: What does the home server have to do to join a user to a room? - See SPEC-30. +.. TODO-doc What does the home server have to do to join a user to a room? + - See SPEC-30. Users need to join a room in order to send and receive events in that room. A user can join a room by making a request to |/join/<room_alias_or_id>|_ with:: @@ -886,20 +885,21 @@ received an invite. Inviting users -------------- -.. TODO-doc kegan - - Can invite users to a room if the room config key TODO is set to TODO. Must have required power level. +.. TODO-doc Invite-join dance - Outline invite join dance. What is it? Why is it required? How does it work? - What does the home server have to do? - - TODO: In what circumstances will direct member editing NOT be equivalent to ``/invite``? The purpose of inviting users to a room is to notify them that the room exists so they can choose to become a member of that room. Some rooms require that all users who join a room are previously invited to it (an "invite-only" room). Whether a given room is an "invite-only" room is determined by the room config -key ``TODO``. It can have one of the following values: +key ``m.room.join_rules``. It can have one of the following values: - - TODO Room config invite only value explanation - - TODO Room config free-to-join value explanation +``public`` + This room is free for anyone to join without an invite. + +``invite`` + This room can only be joined if you were invited. Only users who have a membership state of ``join`` in a room can invite new users to said room. The person being invited must not be in the ``join`` state @@ -924,9 +924,14 @@ See the `Room events`_ section for more information on ``m.room.member``. Leaving rooms ------------- -.. TODO-spec kegan - - TODO: Grace period before deletion? - - TODO: Under what conditions should a room NOT be purged? +.. TODO-spec - HS deleting rooms they are no longer a part of. Not implemented. + - This is actually Very Tricky. If all clients a HS is serving leave a room, + the HS will no longer get any new events for that room, because the servers + who get the events are determined on the *membership list*. There should + probably be a way for a HS to lurk on a room even if there are 0 of their + members in the room. + - Grace period before deletion? + - Under what conditions should a room NOT be purged? A user can leave a room to stop receiving events for that room. A user must @@ -1078,6 +1083,10 @@ presence events will also be returned. There are two APIs provided: .. TODO-doc kegan - TODO: JSON response format for both types - TODO: when would you use global? when would you use scoped? + - Room-scoped initial sync is Very Tricky because typically people would + want to sync the room then listen for any new content from that point + onwards. The event stream cannot do this for a single room currently. + Not sure if room-scoped initial sync should be included at this time. Getting events for a room ------------------------- |