[Bug 24104] New: TpAccountManager: have a concept of the global presence that new accounts get

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24104

           Summary: TpAccountManager: have a concept of the global presence
                    that new accounts get
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: telepathy-spec
        AssignedTo: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk


>From Bug #24061:

> > > TpConnectionPresenceType tp_account_manager_get_requested_global_presence (
> > >     TpAccountManager *manager, gchar **status, gchar **message);
> > 
> > Can this be removed? I'm not sure why we need it.
>
> Basically the issue (as discussed at various points) is that we can't know from
> the AM what the user last set as a presence. This is particularily annoying
> when creating a new account, as we don't know what its initial status should
> be. This function allows one to at least have a proper default. Ofcourse it
> only works as long as the presence setter and the account UI are the same
> process, which hopefully will stop being so during the G2.29 series.

We should have a proper way to do this over D-Bus (which I'd prefer phrased as
"the default presence for new accounts" rather than "the global presence"), and
when we do, we can add *that* to the TpAM API.


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