On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 00:01 -0600, Richard Laager wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 12:36 -0400, Luke Schierer wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:30:23AM -0500, Richard Laager wrote:
> > > Do we still want to be bringing up dialogs when you sign on from anot=
her
> > > location? It seems like showing that as a connection error in the bud=
dy
> > > list (which we do) is sufficient. Otherwise we have duplication.
>=20
> > I would say the blist is sufficient.
>=20
> I found a minute to look into this. Apparently, we display the error
> dialog when wants_to_die is TRUE. I think it's proper to show an error
> message when the connection has some other sort of fatal error, I just
> don't want a bunch of dialogs if I sign in elsewhere.
>=20
> The easiest way I can think of to change this would be to make
> wants_to_die and enum, where 0 is still FALSE, 1 is still TRUE, but 2 is
> AIGNED_ON_ELSEWHERE. I'd have to make sure we're not actually comparing t=
o
> TRUE directly, but otherwise this shouldn't break anything. It feels a
> little weird. I guess the alternative is to add a parameter to
> gaim_connection_error() or another field in GaimConnection.
>=20
> A bigger change would be to introduce behavior where the account
> wouldn't be disabled, but wouldn't be reconnected either. This actually
> seems ideal in this situation. That way, I don't have to re-enable all
> my accounts.
>=20
> Taking it further, if I was signed in at location A, then signed in at
> location B, then went back to location A and changed my status, we could
> have Gaim reconnect the accounts at that time.
>=20
> Thoughts?
I don't believe I ever heard back on this... Anyone have any opinions
before I try to tackle this?
Richard
|
