[Telepathy] Proposed standard MC API

[Naba Kumar]

Hi George,

ext George Wright wrote:
> - Added the concept of grouping accounts using a tagging system on the 
> accounts themselves.
 >
 > SetPresenceOnGroup ( s: group, u: presence_state, s: presence_message
 > ) -> nothing
 > Sets a presence on all accounts which are a member of a
 > specified group. Parameters
 >

As I mentioned before, I am not such a fan of account groups and do not 
believe is a viable feature. There is also no clear API for accounts 
tagging/grouping that will make it consistent.

The better approach I believe is to have SetPresenceOnAccount() [1] 
instead and leave the grouping policy to the UI (if it wants). This way 
it allows setting individual presence for the accounts.

This is also particularly important when we specify different UI 
handlers (applications) for certain custom protocol. When the said UIs 
want to start communicating, it can use this method to initiate/maintain 
their respective comms without bothering to bring all other user 
accounts online.

Thanks.

Regards,
-Naba

[1] Not to be confused with TpConn's set presence, because the app 
doesn't have the connection object in the beginning.