[Psi-Devel] Contacts in multiple groups -- no longer possible?

[Marek Jarycki]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Norman Rasmussen wrote:

> On Nov 12, 2007 1:47 PM, emdej <emdej at emdej.com> wrote:
>> What about marking multiple contacts (with ctrl and shift - range)? And
>> why moving contacts between accounts isn't still implemented? While
>> adding and removing contacts is possible, I think it would be relatively
>> easy...
>
> Because changing contacts details with-in the same account is easy,
> you just tell the server: hey! change this contacts details.
>
> Changing contacts between servers is trickier, because you'd need to
> send a new subscription request to the remote user, and they'd seem
> you as a separate contact on their list until they meta-contacted your
> (assuming their client even supported meta-contacts)

Isn't it simply the same as adding completely new contact for the 
second account and (optionally) removing from the first one? When adding 
Psi also sends subscription requests.. The way the remote client copes 
with that isn't our business, is it?


emdej