Add a note about what to do on startup to ethermess.7

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Juhani Krekelä 2019-07-17 21:48:14 +03:00
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@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ looking at the cache and then regardless of whether it was in the cache or
not sending a status request packet.
This way the user can both receive an answer fast and in case the cached
value was outdated get the correct result once it arrives.
.Ss Starting up
An implementation should broadcast its status and nick on startup.
.Ss Shutting down
When an implementation exits, it should broadcast a status packet with the
status set to 0x02 (offline) and nick set to the current nick.