[Pidgin] #10720: Date change not displayed in XMPP log files spanning multiple days

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#10720: Date change not displayed in XMPP log files spanning multiple days
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 Reporter:  piggin                                                  |        Owner:  deryni   
     Type:  defect                                                  |       Status:  pending  
Milestone:                                                          |    Component:  libpurple
  Version:  2.6.3                                                   |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  time stamp timestamp date chat window log file logfile  |  
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Changes (by piggin):

  * status:  pending => new


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:9 darkrain42]:
 > Replying to [comment:8 piggin]:
 > > Replying to [comment:7 darkrain42]:
 > > > What other protocols does it ''not'' occur for? (and are you
 comparing chats with IMs?)
 > >
 >
 > <snip>
 >
 > You didn't actually answer the first question in amongst your rant.

 I answered it by showing you a list of non-XMPP protocols. I didn't test
 them, if this is what you wanted to know (it would be difficult, at least
 because they are too many), that's why I couldn't tell you which other
 protocols it did not occur for. Perhaps the only thing I could do was to
 name only the very few ones I could *confirm* were not affected by this
 bug (but I knew it would have been irrelevant).

 I'm not sure I understand what you're calling a rant. If you're talking
 about my explanation, it was NOT a rant. I just tried an analogy that may
 admittedly have gone a bit insane because I tried to make it sound as
 accurate and fair as I could. "Comparing apples to oranges" is indeed an
 improper expression; it didn't serve my purpose too well.

 >
 > And, with all due respect, the second question was valid. I did not know
 what assumptions you have or have not made about how logging works. In
 fact, the logging is very unified, so comparing one to the other would be
 (as a first order approximation) valid.

 I didn't say your question was invalid, but that my comment would've been
 invalid if I'd said "yes". Your question was valid and I answered "no".
 Then I tried to show how a "yes" would've made my bug report (and
 especially a particular comment in my previous message) invalid. I was
 implying something like this: "a *potential* difference between chat and
 IM logging managements would have been my first suspect, which would have
 been the first for me to disambiguate away before invoking (and then
 reinsisting on) any hypothetical interprotocol differences (especially
 after you'd already explicitly rejected such a hypothesis), as I did in my
 previous message, so I couldn't have confused them".

 >
 > While it does not directly replicate what you are attempting to
 accomplish, the Message Timestamp Formats plugin will allow you to have
 date information for every line of chats/IMs.

 I don't know where to find that plugin. I have a "Timestamp" plugin, but
 it's very different from what you're describing ("Display iChat-style
 timestamps every N minutes"). Or is it some recent addition to the 30+
 plugins pack?

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