The linked branch has some possible spec wording. Basically it allows a few things that would previously raise Disconnected to succeed. telepathy-spec TODO also lists "should privacy modes be discoverable/settable offline?"
Hmm we should probably fix this. Shame the branch is gone forever, though.
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