ejabberd - Comments for "All users shown as "offline" until they go Offline and then come back Online"

Not a client problem

TFQ — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:03:47 +0000

Initial research seemed to indicate it was isolated to the “type” of client (fat vs. thin) but additional testing has proven this problem exists using multiple different clients as well as client types. (It happens to everyone that registers)

I replicated this problem with a fresh install and created a bugzilla report with more detail @ http://www.jabber.ru/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223

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My thoughts/JWGC

jadestorm — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:09:00 +0000

Since I also develop a client, I thought I'd mention my mentality for when I first set up my handling of the roster and presence packets. I did make the assumption (and I think reasonable one 'unless told otherwise') that the roster would come first. So I make a note of every member of the roster and label them internally as "unavailable". Then as presence notifications come in I update them accordingly.

Now there's no reason why I couldn't hold onto the presence stanzas until I got the roster.. or done that another way... but it's definitely not something that seems "intuitive" to me. (to get presence before roster) AIM handles this another way by having you get your buddy list (roster effectively) first, and then say "hey, I want you to start sending me presence notifications". (called activating your roster)

Anyway, I can't say whether my client is having this problem or not. I doubt it's highly used. ;D

ejabberd - Comments for "All users shown as &quot;offline&quot; until they go Offline and then come back Online"

Not a client problem

My thoughts/JWGC

More information has surfaced on the problem

ejabberd - Comments for "All users shown as "offline" until they go Offline and then come back Online"