[Bug 49443] New: reinstate tp_contact_is_self

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49443

             Bug #: 49443
           Summary: reinstate tp_contact_is_self
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: git master
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-glib
        AssignedTo: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        Depends on: 22965, 49371


tp_contact_is_self() would be nice to have, and Xavier implemented it.

However, I've just reverted it. It's subtle, because:

* on IRC, your globally-valid identifier can change

* on XMPP, your channel-specific identifier can change (admittedly,
  Gabble doesn't implement that)

* Bug #22965 means we don't actually track a channel-specific
  self-contact properly, so if Gabble did implement it changing,
  we'd get confused

We need to think about whether we want it before proceeding much further with
Bug #49371, since implementing it (in a way that isn't frequently a lie)
requires that all TpChannel objects track at least enough Group state to know
which identifier is you.

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