[Pidgin] #9046: Auto-away sets away message...

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#9046: Auto-away sets away message...
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 Reporter:  Daemonax   |        Owner:  deryni      
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  new         
Milestone:             |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.5      |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  Auto away  |  
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Comment(by leorolla):

 Solution:

 Very simple, 10 minute, urgent solution: replace "I'm not here right now"
 in the source code by "". It would be great to have this solution while
 one figures out all possible issues related to auto-away messages.

 sambrightman:

 No, the status Available, Away etc are *not* in English. They are in
 Green|Red|Blue|Gray/Offline, in Disponível|Ocupado|Ausente|Desconectado ,
 or in any other implementation of this standard by your contacts'
 messenger client. There is a whole world outside. If you borrow the
 computer from a french friend and suddenly all your contacts see "Je suis
 momentanement indisponible" they will certainly find it funny, silly,
 awful, unproffessional etc.

 I know auto-away is pretty standard behaviour and I love it, but although
 the status that accompanies it is a matter of preference, it is not
 standard. Even if the bulk of the users think "I'm not here right now" is
 OK, if there is a tiny minority that has problems with it, better choose
 the "don't put words in my mouth" solution.

 The point is not "do it my way because i prefer it", it is "do not show
 idiomatic text to my contacts as if it were typed by myself". I know all
 software does plenty of things the user didn't explicitly ask for, but
 this about a principle. Appart from self-publicity, it is not that
 different from e-mails that are signed "sent from my iPhone". I agree it
 is not the same as leaking sensitive private information, but it can be
 awful. I could try to describe a thousand situations where the user is
 bothered about these messages, but *that* would be wierd. Just be creative
 and try to imagine it. One of the best things about free software is to
 stimulate people's creativity, although it often ends up stimulating
 reductionism.

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