Clarify profile propagation section more

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Kegsay 10 years ago
parent a1964b466b
commit 61b8664286

@ -444,15 +444,17 @@ and membership changes.
However, this introduces its own set of problems, namely flicker. The However, this introduces its own set of problems, namely flicker. The
client would receive the ``m.room.member`` event first, followed by client would receive the ``m.room.member`` event first, followed by
the ``m.room.member.profile`` event, which could cause a flicker. In the ``m.room.member.profile`` event, which could cause a flicker. In
addition, federation may not send both event types in a single transaction, addition, federation may not send both events in a single transaction,
resulting in missing information on the receiving home server. resulting in missing information on the receiving home server.
For federation, these problems can be resolved by sending the For federation, these problems can be resolved by sending the
``m.room.member`` event as they are in v1 (with ``displayname`` and ``m.room.member`` event as they are in v1 (with ``displayname`` and
``avatar_url`` in the ``content``). The receiving home server will then ``avatar_url`` in the ``content``). They *have* to be sent in the
extract these keys and create a server-generated ``m.room.member.profile`` ``content`` as this information needs to be signed. The receiving home
event. To avoid confusion with duplicate information, the ``avatar_url`` server will then extract these keys and create a server-generated
and ``displayname`` keys should be removed by the receiving home server. ``m.room.member.profile`` event. To avoid confusion with duplicate
information, the ``avatar_url`` and ``displayname`` keys should be
removed from the ``m.room.member`` event by the receiving home server.
When a client requests these events (either from the event stream When a client requests these events (either from the event stream
or from an initial sync), the server will send the generated or from an initial sync), the server will send the generated
``m.room.member.profile`` event under the ``unsigned.profile`` key of the ``m.room.member.profile`` event under the ``unsigned.profile`` key of the

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