Ok folk,
I've run into an issue here. In a previous version, someone was kind
enough to work out the logistics of looking up information about a
user and jam that in a vcard. So if I'm logged into PyICQ, I can
look up vcard information about my test account. Well, here's the
thing. Now there's avatars. This means the client will do a vcard
request in order to retrieve the avatar. Well, that means I'm also
asking for the directory type information when said avatar is
requested. (same occurs with PyAIM as well actually, it's just less
involved . . . AIM only has the Profile) So basically, asking for an
avatar via vcard is an 'expensive' operation. I don't know what to
do about this. I -could- cache the information received from the
extended lookup, so at least i doesn't occur often. Of course, this
means the info won't be up to date. Anyway, do any of you have any
suggestions? Or do you think this is piddly enough of an 'expense'
to not worry with it. It's typically a quick response, for what it's
worth. As far as I know, there's no indication during a vcard-based
avatar request that you are only really looking for the photo field.
Daniel
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