[Bug 32434] New: FileTransfer: add a way to pass the outgoing file to the Handler

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32434

           Summary: FileTransfer: add a way to pass the outgoing file to
                    the Handler
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-spec
        AssignedTo: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: guillaume.desmottes at collabora.co.uk
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org


Currently, the process requesting an outgoing FT channel has to be the one
handling it as it has to stream the file to the send. But it would be handy to
be able to just request the channel and let an handler doing the actual sending
for us. For example, empathy-chat is now able to request initiate FT but it
would be nice to let empathy doing the sending.

This could be done by defining a request Hints (org.freedesktop.Telepathy.
Channel.Type.FileTransfer.LocalFileURI?) containing the URI of the file to
send.

This would also have the nice side effect to let Observers known about the
file being sent (which is something Zeitgeist seem to want).

But they'd also like to be able to get the URI/path where *incoming* files are
saved.
One way to do that  could be to add a LocalFileURI rw D-Bus property on the FT
channel. We could then maybe reuse it for outgoing channels as well.

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