Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga contact presence

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le vendredi 10 juillet 2009 à 12:22 +0200, Eugen Dedu a écrit :
> 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?

perhaps...
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