[Bug 24938] New: Add Skype and telephony to the list of well-known protocol names

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24938

           Summary: Add Skype and telephony to the list of well-known
                    protocol names
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: patch
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-spec
        AssignedTo: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk


In ConnectionManager, after "Where possible, this SHOULD be chosen from the
following well-known values:", I propose to insert:

* skype - Skype
* tel - telephony (the PSTN, including GSM, CDMA, and fixed-line telephony)

Rationale:

Maemo 5 on the N900 implements these, via the connection managers
telepathy-spirit and telepathy-ring, leading to Account names like
".../ring/tel/ring" and ".../spirit/skype/example".

Using tel as a general protocol name for telephony, rather than gsm or
something, means we could re-use it for other connection managers that do
telephony but not GSM, like telepathy-snom or any other remote control for a
hardware phone, or a hypothetical IAX connection manager; this seems
appropriate, given that the PSTN is one big network.

The other "prior art" that could have influenced the choice of name is
telepathy-snom. However, that used a protocol name of "snom", which is clearly
only appropriate for telepathy-snom, not for telephony in general.


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