[Bug 21787] Connection.Interface.ContactLists

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21787

--- Comment #15 from Will Thompson <will.thompson at collabora.co.uk> 2010-05-21 03:34:18 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #12)
> > How UI is supposed to display the DefaultGroup? It won't be localized so we
> > can't really display it as it.
> 
> It's to support Haze/libpurple, in which every contact must be in at least one
> group; contacts not in any group get put in _("Buddies") (so in fact it *is*
> localized, via libpurple). UIs could conceivably treat contacts whose groups
> include the DefaultGroup as if they weren't in that group? Perhaps?
> 
> At the moment DefaultGroup can be written; I need to check with wjt/Maiku
> whether this makes sense.

Each prpl has its own name for this group. There's no API in libpurple for the
default group; prpls just shove ungrouped contacts into some group of their
choosing. The UI cannot change the name of this fallback group.

I'd drop it. It's a bug in libpurple.

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