Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga contact presence

[Palo S. <palos post sk>]

> >>> 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.

I can confirm the problem and it behaves like this on 4
different computers in 4 different networks (everywhere
where I tried it) : If the other side connects, the status 
updates quickly, if the other side quits, the status 
_never_ gets updated. If I leave the client up for several
days then I end up with all my contacts permanently green.
I had this behaviour from the very first Ekiga 3.0 that
I installed.



> >> 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.

Interesting. I would assume that this could occasionaly 
cause the opposite problem (ie not showing online status
when contact is online). But I cannot see how it can actually 
happen that the client never gets the offline status of
the contact if the \"default\" behaviour (ie when no message 
is delivered to the server within 15 minutes) is offline 
status and if the communication between the server and client 
is clearly there (eg new contacts getting online become
green). I suspect a bug.



> What about sending a message to the server \"I\'m disconnecting\"... and 
> *not* wait for any answer?

The same thing came to my mind after reading the previous
messages in this thread. I imagine that it could be quick
and safe to implement.

Palo



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