[Pidgin] #10099: Idle time is only displayed after re-login

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#10099: Idle time is only displayed after re-login
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 Reporter:  Just Me    |        Owner:  sulabh.dev         
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  pending            
Milestone:             |    Component:  Yahoo!/Yahoo! JAPAN
  Version:  2.6.1      |   Resolution:                     
 Keywords:  idle time  |  
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Changes (by sulabh.dev):

  * status:  new => pending


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:10099 Just Me]:
 > My first bug report at least I hope it's a bug ;)
 I would rather hope that this isn't a bug, less work for me :P
 [[BR]]


 > If a Yahoo buddy is available and become idle because of inactivity
 Pidgin changes the buddy status to "idle - idle" (yes idle is displayed
 twice) but it does not show the idle time. If I sign out and back in again
 then the Yahoo status message is e.g. "idle 18m".
 > So after a re login the idle time of the buddy is displayed instead of
 the previous "idle - idle" message.

 I checked with Pidgin 2.6.2, idle - idle isn't displayed.[[BR]]
 Is your buddy using Pidgin or Yahoo Messenger?[[BR]]
 Has he chosen to display certain status message when he gets idle?[[BR]]
 Has he chosen to not report the idle time, when he gets idle?[[BR]]


 Idle time is not reported when your buddy has chosen "do not report idle
 time", so buddy will go idle with no reported time. If you relogin, time
 won't be the actual idle time, maybe starts from 0.
 If the buddy has chosen to report the idle time, you get an idle time, and
 on relogin obtain the actual time buddy has been idle for.


 I do suspect there might be some bug with idle reporting in Yahoo, but I
 am not sure what exactly it is.

 > And is it correct that a buddy doesn't become idle if the status is
 different from available? I mean a buddy with the status "busy" never
 becomes idle even if he is inactive for hours.

 True, a busy buddy will not get idle.

 > And my last question, MSN isn't able to display a idle time right?
 MSN doesn't report an idle time, but you will have to confirm it from some
 developer more familiar with MSN internals.

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