Bug 24104

Summary:	TpAccountManager: have a concept of the global presence that new accounts get
Product:	Telepathy	Reporter:	Simon McVittie <smcv>
Component:	tp-spec	Assignee:	Telepathy bugs list <telepathy-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	Telepathy bugs list <telepathy-bugs>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium	CC:	marco.barisione, vinaysubscribe
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	25472, 32956

Description Simon McVittie 2009-09-23 04:45:13 UTC

From Bug #24061:

> > > TpConnectionPresenceType tp_account_manager_get_requested_global_presence (
> > >     TpAccountManager *manager, gchar **status, gchar **message);
> > 
> > Can this be removed? I'm not sure why we need it.
>
> Basically the issue (as discussed at various points) is that we can't know from
> the AM what the user last set as a presence. This is particularily annoying
> when creating a new account, as we don't know what its initial status should
> be. This function allows one to at least have a proper default. Ofcourse it
> only works as long as the presence setter and the account UI are the same
> process, which hopefully will stop being so during the G2.29 series.

We should have a proper way to do this over D-Bus (which I'd prefer phrased as "the default presence for new accounts" rather than "the global presence"), and when we do, we can add *that* to the TpAM API.

Comment 1 Simon McVittie 2010-04-22 04:05:12 UTC

Straw-man API:

property AccountManager.DefaultPresence: (uss)
    The default RequestedPresence with which to create new accounts, if
    none is specified in the _CreateAccount_ call.

method AccountManager.SetAllPresences(u, s, s) -> nothing
    Set DefaultPresence according to the arguments, then set the
    RequestedPresence of every account to the same value.

Please also consider Bug #26752 when working on this; it might be best to spec and implement both of these features at the same time.

Comment 2 Simon McVittie 2010-07-12 09:50:05 UTC

On Bug #29021, wjt writes:
> It would be nice if the default value of ConnectAutomatically and
> AutomaticPresence could be configured (by tonking properties on AM, say).
> 
> It would also be nice to be able to configure these two properties globally,
> say by tonking some other properties on AM. Then Empathy could show UI like
> this:
> 
>   [×] Automatically connect on startup
> 
>   Default status: ( ) Available
>                   (o) Busy
>                   ( ) Invisible
> 
> and implement it by setting two properties rather than 2 × n properties.

We have a number of related things:

* default requested presence for new accounts (can be offline)

* default automatic presence for new accounts (cannot be offline)

* whether accounts should connect automatically if connectivity is available

Regardless of the value of ConnectAutomatically, accounts will also connect with AutomaticPresence if a channel is requested, which is why AutomaticPresence is only allowed to be an online presence.

A possible API:

property AccountManager.DefaultConnectAutomatically: b r/w
    The default ConnectAutomatically state with which to create new accounts,
    if none is specified in the _CreateAccount_ call.

method AccountManager.SetAllConnectAutomatically(b) -> nothing
    Set DefaultConnectAutomatically, and the ConnectAutomatically properties
    of all accounts, to the given value.

property AccountManager.DefaultAutomaticPresence: (uss) r/w
    The default AutomaticPresence with which to create new accounts, if
    none is specified in the _CreateAccount_ call.

method AccountManager.SetAllAutomaticPresences(u, s, s) -> nothing
    Set DefaultAutomaticPresence, and the AutomaticPresence properties
    of all accounts, to the given value.

method AccountManager.SetAllPresences(u, s, s, b: Save_Default) -> nothing
    Set the RequestedPresence of every account to the same value.
    If Save_Default is TRUE, and the presence is not offline, also
    set DefaultAutomaticPresence, and the AutomaticPresence properties
    of all accounts, to that value.

addendum to RequestedPresence:
    If ConnectAutomatically is TRUE, the RequestedPresence of a new account
    defaults to its AutomaticPresence; otherwise, it defaults to
    (Offline, "offline", "").

Comment 3 GitLab Migration User 2019-12-03 20:19:07 UTC

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