Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga contact presence

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le vendredi 10 juillet 2009 à 12:13 +0200, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> > Mateusz Kaduk wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am on Debian (sid) still using 3.2.1~git20090515. I would like to
> > > know if this issue was fixed in upcomming 3.2.5.
> > > The problem is with contact availability status it gets rarely updated if ever.
> > >
> > > How does ekiga server determinate if user is still online? Are there
> > > any ping-pong requests send ?
> > > My girlfriend turns off ekiga, but I still see her online, when I come
> > > back I try calling, after restarting ekiga this status is updated.
> > >
> > > How long it takes to update user status in a normal working case ? Is
> > > it a bug or just design ?
> > If I remember correctly, when a person quits ekiga, there is no update 
> > sent on the server.  However, the server (or the client) periodically 
> > (15 min I think) sends info to remote party about the presence.  So, 
> > when a person quits ekiga, it will take at most 15 min to update his 
> > presence.
> >
> > Quitting ekiga does not send an update because people wanted that ekiga 
> > finishes fast.  I still think that it is better that ekiga sends an 
> > update and waits for the answer, even if it takes a 1-3 seconds.  The 
> > proper fix would be to hide that from the user, for ex. when the user 
> > quits the GUI finishes, but not the program.
>
> Like it was before, but users complained that it did not exit cleanly.
> Users generally do not agree between themselves ;-)

:o)

The best solution is still to hide the GUI, don't you agree?

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Eugen