pidgin should not override away mode with a lesser one on auto-away

[A.Kromic]

Binary package hint: pidgin

I've observed that pidgin blindly sets the auto-away mode as specified, regardless of the current state; an example being that it sets the Away status after the specified time even when current status is Extended Away

Why it is wrong?
Because auto-away is meant to automatically change online status to away; when changing to Away from Extended Away it actually lessens the status of being away, contrary to the original purpose.

What should happen instead?
Pidgin should detect higher Away modes like Extended, and prevent changing the mode on Auto Away, unless the AA is configured to set a higher state (e.g. Auto Away sets Extended Away, and the current state is Away or Online.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: f36e81446aef1e927a74b9f40ed42e87
CheckboxSystem: 7f8062de7650099ca95bda200bc0be52
Date: Mon Jul 19 13:33:21 2010
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: pidgin

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Do you get the same with Maverick? Thanks in advance.

[A.Kromic (akromic)]

I am experiencing this still in Lucid with all the latest updates, which I guess should still be relevant since it's an LTS. I'll check with Maverick and report back again (I'm unable to switch to Maverick because of another problem...)

[A.Kromic (akromic)]

This seems to be resolved in current update, with one quirk still... The tray icon still goes to "Away" and shows default text for automatic away ('I'm not here right now'). In the main window at the same time the Extended Away status and the chosen text stay correct.

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Sorry we don't always have the resources to get to every bug report. Ubuntu 10.04 is no longer supported so I'm going to close the bug.

It also sounds like it was on it's way to being fixed.