presence storage for non-buddies

[Jorge Villaseñor]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Tomasz Wasilczyk
<tomkiewicz at cpw.pidgin.im>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> it seems, that libpurple doesn't handle presence information for
> non-buddies, even, if protocol supports it.
>
> Two use cases:
> - I'm opening a new conversation with unknown contact (Ctrl+M in buddy
> list), status doesn't show up [1]; there is also a ticket for that [2]
> - I'm in the xmpp MUC and opening conversation with someone, that I
> don't have on my buddy list - their status is unknown, despite having
> it received via MUC
>
> I don't think this is desired behavior, so I suggest implementing
> presence handling for non-buddies. That may include adding additional
> callback to PurplePluginProtocolInfo, for requesting status for
> buddies not on our list (or maybe for those without presence set?).
>
> I also think, that it could be attached to XMPP GSoC project idea.
>
> What's your opinion?
> Tomek
>
> [1] http://i.imgur.com/70xXCSD.png
> [2] https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9479


Makes sense, attach it to the xmpp proposal.

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