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workaround for Google Talk's insane handling of self-directed presence

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Maybe the spec allows it, but broadcasting self-directed presence info to
all buddies is just insane.

I had to bring back the IQ messages for self-pairing, while still using
directed presence for other pairing. Ugly.
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Joey Hess 2012-11-03 22:52:41 -04:00
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@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ For pairing, a directed presence message is sent, also using the git-annex tag:
<git-annex xmlns='git-annex' pairing="PairReq uuid" />
For pairing with other clients using the same XMPP account, git-annex uses
IQ messages, also containing a git-annex tag. The id attribute of the iq
tag contains the pairing information. This is done because self-directed
presence is not handled correctly by Google Talk. (Or is ill-specified.)
### security
Data git-annex sends over XMPP will be visible to the XMPP