kopete does not send photo from global identity for MSN

[totya]

Binary package hint: kopete

I found a bug in kopete which is also reported in upstream.

"I had set a photo in the global identity only. For me this means, use that photo for all my accounts. Yet for MSN it seems that one has to explicitly enable the "export photo", which I would suspect kopete does when enabling a global photo."

The bug (KDE #131412) reported in the upstream on the following URL:

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131412

Patch for this problem included in the above URL.

Index: protocols/msn/msnaccount.cpp
===================================================================
--- protocols/msn/msnaccount.cpp (revision 610233)
+++ protocols/msn/msnaccount.cpp (working copy)
@@ -1436,7 +1436,8 @@
 {
  QString old=m_pictureObj;

- if(!configGroup()->readBoolEntry("exportCustomPicture"))
+ if( (configGroup()->readBoolEntry("ExcludeGlobalIdentity", false)) &&
+ (!configGroup()->readBoolEntry("exportCustomPicture")) )
  {
   m_pictureObj="";
   myself()->removeProperty( Kopete::Global::Properties::self()->photo() );

You can download the patch: http://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=18769&action=view

Please test the patch and create an update package for Edgy.

[totya (totya)]

It's looks like the patch committed:

http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-01-21/moreinfo/623428/

[totya (totya)]

I successfully applied the following two patches (see the attachment), and these patches really solve the problem.

Please rebuild and test the kopete package with this patches! I hope it will work for you.

I think KDE 3.5.6 will contains this fixes, however Edgy contains KDE 3.5.5

The origin of the patches:

http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-01-21/moreinfo/623428/

Now the ball on the Kubuntu Developers side. ;-)

[totya (totya)]

I presented a solution for this problem, so I think it's time to test and release a new kopete package for Edgy (and possibly Dapper).

[Frode M. Døving (frode)]

I don't belive this qualifies for an SRU for Edgy and Dapper. I will try to get it into Feisty.

[Frode M. Døving (frode)]

Proposed debdiff attached.

[Frode M. Døving (frode)]

The previous was of course the wrong patch.
Let's try this instead.

[Frode M. Døving (frode)]

Kopete from kdenetwork 3.5.6 does include this fix. Closing.