[sldev] Re:SVC-85 - friends lists not working

[Able Whitman]

Howdy Jake,

I've noticed this problem even with 1.18.0.6, but it affects me only
intermittently, I'm afraid I haven't been able to pin down what exact
circumstances seem to exacerbate this bug for me, but I've replied to your
questions below.

On 7/12/07, Jake Simpson <jake at lindenlab.com> wrote:
>
> With a view to doing that, I have a couple of questions for you guys.
>
> 1) When you know someone is on line, even though the friends list says
> they are not, do they show up as online in the groups list (assuming you
> know they are subscribed to one of the same groups as you)?


At least in my experience, I can confirm this. The presence information in a
groups list consistently reflects the actual presence of people on my
friends list. I've also seen that the web site's "Friends Online" page seems
to always show the correct presence information, even if my friends list
does not.

2) When you initially log on and someone is not reported online (because
> they aren't), is the system updating when they _do_ log on?


This happens to me "rarely". I wish I could be more precise  as to the
frequency, but unfortunately I can't. It is usually the case that if I am
online when a friend logs in, I will receive notification as to that fact.
What I have noticed is that I almost always get notified when a friend goes
*offline*, even if my friends list never reflected the fact that they were
online in the first place.

3) Are we seeing an initial friends list situation where *select* people
> are not being reported as online, or everyone?


It's always only a select few friends whose presence information isn't
correct in my friends list. But the select few is always different; it's not
always the same friends whose presence information is inaccurate, it happens
to all of my friends.

4) What does it take for a friend you know is online to show up as
> online in the friends list if they are initially not shown?


If I IM them or drop them inventory, they will suddenly appear to have come
online at that moment.  IMing seems to be the simplest and most consistently
effective way of "pinging" a friend to see if they're really online or not.
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