[Bug 26417] GetPendingMessageContent() cannot work

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26417

--- Comment #4 from Will Thompson <will.thompson at collabora.co.uk> 2010-05-03 08:30:23 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > I actually kind of think that maybe storing things on disk and passing paths
> > around might not be so bad.
> 
> [punting] For file transfer, too? At least some protocol stacks expect us to
> give them file paths.

Right. And, the magic socket FT mechanism leads to issues like bug 27423, where
FT observers have no idea where the file came from or went to.

> > Otherwise, either both telepathy-logger and Empathy have to get an inline image
> > (say) out of Gabble via some kind of magic side-channel, or they have to
> > collude so that the logger grabs it, saves it to disk, and then Empathy grabs
> > it from there.
> 
> Can this be construed as making a case for Telepathy Storage? :) Maybe working
> the SMS reliable storage stuff into it somehow.

Good point.

One issue that comes up when passing filenames around is: where should the
files live? Who's responsible for deleting them, or not?

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