[Pidgin] #10077: Supplying a reason for denying an authorization request via plugin

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#10077: Supplying a reason for denying an authorization request via plugin
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Reporter:  cockroach  |        Type:  enhancement
  Status:  new        |   Component:  libpurple  
 Version:  2.6.1      |    Keywords:             
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 (originally posted as
 http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2008-July/006302.html)

 Hello

 I recently stumbled over a small annoyance in the way pidgin handles
 icq authorization requests and would like to help fixing it. The
 'issue' is that when I deny an authorization request, I don't care at
 all about what reason the other user sees, thus the "Authorization
 Denied Message"-prompt is quite pointless to me. Ideally, there would
 be a way for me to tell pidgin to just always use the default reason
 (which is what I do manually right now).

 Now the question is, how/where should such an option be implemented?
 The three options I could think of so far are:
  - As part of ICQ's settings (privacy options? account settings?)
  - A 'boolean' signal where plugins can tell pidgin to use the default
 reply
  - A signal where plugins can tell pidgin what to reply (might get
 annoying if several plugins try to set the message)

 I would personally prefer the first option, since this would allow for
 plugins which interfere with authentication to remain protocol
 agnostic.

 Any opinions?

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10077>
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