[Telepathy-commits] [telepathy-spec/master] FileTransfer shouldn't not be advertised if user doesn't claim to implement it

[Guillaume Desmottes]

---
 spec/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spec/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml b/spec/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml
index c88834c..ed2cfb6 100644
--- a/spec/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml
+++ b/spec/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</
       <p>The File channel type may be requested for handles of type
       HANDLE_TYPE_CONTACT. If the channel is requested for any other
       handle type then the behaviour is undefined.</p>
+
+      <p>Connection managers SHOULD NOT advertise support for file transfer to
+        other contacts unless it has been indicated by a call to
+        <tp:dbus-ref
+            namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.ContactCapabilities.DRAFT">SetSelfCapabilities</tp:dbus-ref>.
+      </p>
+      <tp:rationale>
+        <p>People would send us files, and it would always fail. That would be silly.</p>
+      </tp:rationale>
     </tp:docstring>
 
     <property name="State" type="u" tp:type="File_Transfer_State"
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