[Bug 287399] New: [gtalk] Chat is very very verbose

[JR]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287399

           Summary: [gtalk] Chat is very very verbose
           Product: telepathy
           Version: git-latest
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: text-ui
        AssignedTo: kde-telepathy at kde.org
        ReportedBy: zorael at gmail.com


Created an attachment (id=65996)
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Verbose chat, similar messages all the way down

Version:           git-latest (using KDE 4.7.3) 
OS:                Linux

Kubuntu 11.10, running KDE 4.7.3 from Kubuntu PPAs. telepathy-text-ui is from
git commit 8b3d34d34a28ec868bf3821ff7668a78f3408f6e (Nov 15th).

An idle chat produces many messages, to the point where it's drowning actual
conversation. See the attached screenshot; the chat is 2d 4h old, and only at
the very top did either of us say something. From the point where I've scrolled
and all the way down, the messages are only largely irrelevant.

"{you,counterpart} is now known as x" happens every time my connection drops
and reestablishes itself. "{counterpart} is now {online,offline,away,...}"
likely happens when he focuses his GMail tab or restarts his browser.

The end result is that it's very difficult to keep a conversation over time, as
you have to do significant scrolling to find out what was last said.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a GTalk account
2. Start a chat with a contact
3. Let the chat window be for a time
3a. For maximum effect, let your connection drop and tell your counterpart to
change his status every once in a while, unless his IM program or GMail chat
tab does it automatically
4. Observe chat window's signal-to-noise

Actual Results:  
5. A whole truckload of messages not very relevant to the conversation!

Expected Results:  
5. Conversation messages prevalent, minor if any technical details or status
changes reported inbetween

This may be more relevant to telepathy-gabble, but seeing as I'm seeing it in
Telepathy KDE I'll try here first. I'm not sure at what level the filtering of
these messages should take place.

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