Just a reminder, we do no polling.

Just a reminder -- we do no polling in mod_pubsub.

That is, the response to the letter below is,

"It's the latter - we hold the connection open,
just like Jabber (except we use HTTP, and Jabber
does it an XML-based protocol instead)."


> Hey guys,
> 
> So I have this friend who is just the kind of person we need to recruit.
> ...
> He is interested in using our stuff (over Jabber) for the notification
> piece of a project he's working on!
> 
> Here's the thing:  he wants to know exactly how the connection stays open. 
> Does the client essentially poll the server every so often?  Or does the server
> hold the socket open, like Jabber?  I thought it was the former.  He sees this
> as less good for some reason.  Is there anything we can say to convince him?  I
> think he just needs subsecond delivery of new events.


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