From a6aa7ba70d745523b81c576bc977ae9f91b2468d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Juhani=20Krekel=C3=A4?= Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:48:14 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about what to do on startup to ethermess.7 --- ethermess.7 | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/ethermess.7 b/ethermess.7 index b278a39..a72f16b 100644 --- a/ethermess.7 +++ b/ethermess.7 @@ -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 This way the user can both receive an answer fast and in case the cached value was outdated get the correct result once it arrives.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.