[Psi-Devel] account registration @ jabber.org

[Kevin Smith]

On 28 Nov 2007, at 13:44, Magnus Henoch wrote:
> How is reconnecting any less atomic than retrieving and submitting the
> form in the same connection?

Well, it's reasonable to mandate that the server doesn't change the  
required fields in the middle of a registration. Once you've  
disconnected to start again, all bets are off. You /could/ have the  
client request the form, disconnect, have the user fill it in,  
reconnect, request again to see if it's still the same (if not,  
disconnect and repeat), submit. That's rather a lot of client logic  
though for a protocol that puts the burden of processing on servers.

/K