QQ contact alias and group setting reverts to default on restart

[rchi]

System: WinXP, Pidgin 2.3.1.

If changing a QQ contact alias, or merge QQ contact into an existing contact, the change is reset back to default when restarting pigdin. I looked into the blist.xml file, the updated setting were written correctly. But the setting gets clobbed with the default the next time pigdin connects to QQ again.

Steps to reproduce:

1. right click on QQ contact, select "Alias" 2. change alias to something else. 3. exit pigdin 4. look into blist.xml, setting written correctly. 5. restart pigdin, changed alias is gone.

Similarly for contact group setting.

This does not happen with MSN or Yahoo contacts. Thanks.

[manphiz]

This is due to the protocol change in QQ. Dino <linux@…> has provided a patch on bbs.linuxsir.org, though still a crude one. I'm attaching it as a reference, and hope someone refine it and commit it to trunk.

[manphiz]

This patch also solves the (NULL) QQ group name regression.

[Sim-on]

Replying to manphiz:

This patch also solves the (NULL) QQ group name regression.

-> #5077

[manphiz]

Any reason this patch is still not applied or reviewed? The problem has been here for about 3 month and persisted on 2 major releases, and IMHO the fix is not big.

[deryni]

My guess as to why the patch has yet been applied is that the const and debug message change in the first chunk seem out of place and that we don't have anyone who actively uses QQ let alone understands the code well enough to really judge whether this makes sense easily.

[manphiz]

I agree that the patch is rather crude. Is there any criterion one can follow to refine it? I'd like to help.

[deryni]

There has been some recent discussion about bringing the openQ people in to maintain the pidgin QQ protocol, in which case they would want to look at and apply this patch. Assuming that happens in the next little bit I would hope this patch would get evaluated and either committed or commented on by them.

[csyfek]

Thanks manphiz! How are you going? :D

[manphiz]

Replying to csyfek:

Thanks manphiz! How are you going? :D

Thanks a lot csyfek! It seems your patches makes QQ support in pidgin MUCH BETTER! As in version 2.4.3 this bug doesn't exist anymore, feel free to close :D

[Robby]

Might want to add the milestone, for reference. :)

[csyfek]

yes, Robby. :)