After some discussion in Jira (XX-6822) on XMPP client profile and avatar synchronization several questions have come up in my mind. Basically the whole idea is that when you login via an XMPP client your contacts would have all relevant contact and avatar information available via XMPP. The requirement we discussed was could the phonebook and XMPP contact/avatar information be synchronized in some manner so that the sipXconfig phonebook could be the single source for the information.
After thinking about this a little some thoughts: 1. The avatar synchronization for me seems to be a higher priority issue. Reason being is that clients like Pidgin display the avatar prominently and it's a very nice visible way for you to identify buddies/contacts. 2. The contact/phonebook information synchronization doesn't seem useful. At least on Pidgin this information is not available in a manner that makes this data overly useful. 3. Bria client doesn't use server side Avatar or XMPP vcard for contact information. 4. Pidgin does use XMPP vcard for contact and avatar. 5. Bria client will be able to get contacts via phonebook with patch (XX-6772). Proposal from comments/facts above: 1. Get patch (XX-6772) reviewed and included to get Bria a consistent server side phonebook. 2. Close issue (XX-6822) as editing phonebooks from client isn't desired. 3. Open a new issue on Avatar synchronization and treat this as next work item after XX-6772 inclusion. 4. Open another new issue for contact/phonebook synchronization if someone can articulate the value a little more. Is there another XMPP client that uses the contact information in a manner that makes it useful? Comments welcome. Al _______________________________________________ sipx-dev mailing list [email protected] List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev Unsubscribe: http://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev sipXecs IP PBX -- http://www.sipfoundry.org/
