[Pidgin] #663: Prioritize buddies by idle time

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#663: Prioritize buddies by idle time
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 Reporter:  rlaager      |       Owner:  seanegan
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:  2.0.1   
Component:  libpurple    |     Version:  2.0     
 Keywords:               |     Pending:  0       
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 One useful suggestion from #414 was in comment 98, reproduced here:

 '' The best argument I can make is that I have contacts who log in with
  multiple protocols, and the same name, on different PCs (in different
  offices) but leave the accounts active (never set Away or log off).  The
  only way I know where that contact is at any moment is how long he is
 idle
  on a particular protocol.  A message I send to either of his contacts
 will
  be received, but he may not see it for hours if he is in the other
 office.
  By checking the idle times in the buddy list, I can tell which protocol
 to
  send to where it will be received soonest.''

 I think we should sort (where otherwise equal) buddies by something like:
 int(idle time / X minutes), where X is 5 to 15 minutes. This way, we won't
 override the manual contact sorting for small discrepancies, but it will
 work for significant differences.

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