Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Answering an incoming call

[Julien Puydt <jpuydt free fr>]

Damien Sandras a écrit :
> Le vendredi 26 juin 2009 à 16:10 +0200, Julien Puydt a écrit :
> > Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > > What does happen if the SIP PDU tells teh phone should auto-answer and
> > > it is not configured that way ?
> > First remark : the opal code in ekiga makes the decision of what it 
> > should do with the call : the Ekiga::Ostracism (arg... bad name!) is 
> > just there to help make a decision, not make the decision itself -- and 
> > certainly not apply the decision. So if that code has another internal 
> > reason to auto-answer, it can!
> >
> > Second remark : uh... does the SIP protocol require an endpoint to 
> > auto-answer when asked to!? That seems wrong.
>
> That seems wrong to you, but not to me.
>
> That's very convenient in IP Telephony systems to have a Pager system.
> Of course, you can most often configure your phone to ignore or not this
> type of request.

What I proposed allows ekiga to do just that : make the decision itself.

Snark