[Telepathy-commits] [telepathy-spec/master] ContactSearch.Server SHOULD have a sensible default.

[Will Thompson]

Otherwise, the client (or user) has to grow knowledge of at least one
search service on a protocol before this channel type is usable there.
---
 spec/Channel_Type_Contact_Search.xml |   10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/Channel_Type_Contact_Search.xml b/spec/Channel_Type_Contact_Search.xml
index 4bef972..410db95 100644
--- a/spec/Channel_Type_Contact_Search.xml
+++ b/spec/Channel_Type_Contact_Search.xml
@@ -268,8 +268,14 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</
           This property SHOULD be in the Allowed_Properties of a
           <tp:type>Requestable_Channel_Class</tp:type> if and only if the
           protocol supports querying multiple different servers;
-          implementations MAY use a sensible default if this is not specified
-          in a channel request, or MAY reject the request.</p>
+          implementations SHOULD use a sensible default if possible if this
+          property is not specified in a channel request.</p>
+
+        <tp:rationale>
+          <p>This allows a client to perform searches on a protocol it knows
+            nothing about without requiring the user to guess a valid server's
+            hostname.</p>
+        </tp:rationale>
       </tp:docstring>
     </property>
 
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