[Bug 29456] New: TpAccountChannelRequest: fire-and-forget channel request helpers

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29456

           Summary: TpAccountChannelRequest: fire-and-forget channel
                    request helpers
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: 0.11
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-glib
        AssignedTo: guillaume.desmottes at collabora.co.uk
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: xclaesse at gmail.com
        Depends on: 13422,27602


Similar to Bug #13422, but when you don't want to handle the channel yourself.

There are two major use cases:

* Fire and forget: an address book or the Empathy contact list wants to start a
chat/call with someone. Once the chat/call has started, the initiating app only
cares that its request succeeded; the handler comes to the foreground and
handles it. The initiating app does want error notification, so it can display
an awfulbar.

* pseudo-observer: either requires extra support from the spec and Mission
Control (see Bug #25018), or various unreliable contortions involving being a
temporary observer with an inherent race condition (see the same bug).

This bug is mainly for the "fire and forget" case, but please think about the
pseudo-observer case while designing. I'll re-clone it for the pseudo-observer
case.

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