Presence and IntComm WG

[Candace Holman <>]

Hi Thomas,

I found this thread from the Spring in my inbox, regarding SIMPLE and 
Gaim.  We are all wondering if there was any update since the Spring on 
SIMPLE Gaim?  Should we resume testing with an updated client?

thanks,
Candace

Candace Holman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was testing the SIMPLE Gaim on pals-dev and talking with Thomas 
> Butter about two small problems I noticed.  The problem was that 
> presence updates were not posting correctly.  Thomas has fixed (1.) 
> already (in SVN, 
> http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/gaim/trunk/src/protocols/simple/), 
> and the other (2.) is in progress.  Since I'm running this on windows, 
> I guess I'll have to wait for the executable.
>
> Here was the problem report, if you are interested.
>
> Candace
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
>
> I note (in 1. below)  that you use the construct <im:im> to extend the 
> <status> field.  The only reference I can find to <im> is a 
> hypothetical extension shown in example 4.3.1 of RFC3863.  Any reason 
> you chose to use a <status> extension instead of <note>?  (EyeBeam 
> uses <note> to convey extra status information, and cannot 
> interoperate with Gaim to convey a special status.)
>
> Also, when I set my client to Offline, I would expect the <basic> to 
> change from open to closed, but it stays open as shown in example 2. 
> below.
>
> 1.
>
> PUBLISH 
> sip:
>  SIP/2.0
> Via: SIP/2.0/TCP x.x.x.x:5060;branch=z9hG4bK28600BCD38114D68492F
> From: 
> <sip:>;tag=1613921119;epid=1234567890 
>
> To: 
> <sip:>
> Max-Forwards: 10
> CSeq: 107 PUBLISH
> User-Agent: Gaim SIP/SIMPLE Plugin
> Call-ID: 38CDg3DF3a161Fi6523m4B81t02CBb4A03x2317x
> Expires: 600
> Event: presence
> Content-Type: application/pidf+xml
> Content-Length: 284
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <presence xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf"
> xmlns:im="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:im"
> entity="sip:">
> <tuple id="bs35r9f">
> <status>
> <basic>open</basic>
> */<im:im>available</im:im>
> /*</status>
> </tuple>
> </presence>
>
> 2.
>
> <presence xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf"
> xmlns:im="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf:im"
> entity="sip:">
> <tuple id="bs35r9f">
> <status>
> */<basic>open</basic>
> <im:im>busy</im:im>
> /*</status>
> </tuple>
> </presence>