Bug 197003 - Prevent auto contact combining (metacontact)
Summary: Prevent auto contact combining (metacontact)
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kopete
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 0.70.2
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kopete Developers
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Reported: 2009-06-18 12:54 UTC by Thorben
Modified: 2023-01-08 05:15 UTC (History)
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Description Thorben 2009-06-18 12:54:56 UTC
Version:           0.70.2 (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Some of my work colleagues are also friends and so also on my person IM, as well as the internal work IM system (Jabber).

I do not want them to be combined into one contact. I need to be sure that work related stuff goes through the work IM and not my personal one (and vice versa).

I keep trying to separate the contacts with change meta contact -> create new meta contact.

They then drop out of whatever group they were combined in and go to the top of the tree. Then when I try and drag the two contacts back in to the two groups they should be in, they recombine again. They also seem to recombine after a period of time.

For me it is not equal which IM i am talking to someone over, please allow me to keep them separate.

If I uncheck "group metacontact" I loose all my groups and just have online and offline.
Comment 1 Matt Rogers 2009-09-06 05:49:58 UTC
We don't combine contacts into metacontacts by default, and there's no option for that. So unless your package provider adds in patches that we don't know about, there's no bug here.
Comment 2 Thorben 2009-09-06 10:21:54 UTC
Hi,

Your own documentation disagrees with you:
http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdenetwork/kopete/using-kopete.html#organise-contacts

Second paragraph:
"To support this, Kopete introduced “Metacontacts”, which represent the person you want to chat with. One Metacontact contains all the different IM IDs they may have, making it easy to see with a glance at the Metacontact 'smiley icon' whether someone is available, regardless of which IM system they are using right now."

This feature conflicts with having an internal Office IM and and external one, where one or more of your colleagues are also friends on an external IM.

I was unable to convince kopete to keep such contacts separate.

As to distribution, I was using Debian Testing/Unstable.

(I provide this comment as FYI, I'm not currently using kopete as I have been assigned to another OS, but when I go back it would be nice to not have this problem)

Regards,

Thorben
Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-02 22:59:31 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:29:19 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2022-12-09 22:12:51 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-24 05:22:41 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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If you have already provided the requested information, please
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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-08 05:15:58 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
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Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!