[rabbitmq-discuss] syntax and semantics of basic content 'expiration' field?

[Alexis Richardson]

Tim

Do please feel free to suggest appropriate expiry behaviour.  As
Matthias says, there is more to be done here.

alexis



On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Matthias Radestock
<matthias at lshift.net> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Tim Cole wrote:
>> Are the syntax and semantics of the basic content 'expiration' field
>> explained anywhere?
>
> No.
>
>> The official AMQP 0.8 specs appear to be almost entirely silent about
>> it.
>
> Indeed, and 0-9-1 makes it clear that there is no formally defined
> behaviour.
>
> The RabbitMQ server currently ignores the field. Adding some message
> expiration facilities to RabbitMQ is on our todo list. You'll find
> previous requests / discussions in the mailing list archives.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthias.
>
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