Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga contact presence

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

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le vendredi 10 juillet 2009 à 13:39 +0200, Mateusz Kaduk a écrit :
> > > > > > . 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.
> > 15min is a long long time comparing to 3s :(
> > If someone wants to terminate program immediately then should use signals.
> >
> > Its pretty annoying to call someone that is doing shopping and not
> > home from 15min.
>
> The default on ekiga.net is 5 minutes. If after 5 minutes, you have not
> renewed your presence publication, you are offline.

Also, as UDP is used, if the packet is lost, you becomes offline :o)

There are a few areas where UDP should be replaced by TCP, we will think 
about a bit later.

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Eugen