[Bugs] #402 UNSP: Chat: shows "share or invite" hint even on resume of shared instance

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#402: Chat: shows "share or invite" hint even on resume of shared instance
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    Reporter:  sascha_silbe               |          Owner:  morgs            
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new              
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.84             
   Component:  Chat                       |        Version:  Git as of bugdate
    Severity:  Major                      |     Resolution:                   
    Keywords:                             |   Distribution:  Unspecified      
Status_field:  New                        |  
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Comment(by eben):

 I'm not sure I see this as a bug.  There might be ''better'' ways to
 handle it, but removing the alert might not be it.

 A better system would actually recognize that the instance has been shared
 in the past, and provide the option to resume the chat, automatically
 inviting the former participants. In fact, this could/should be a Sugar
 thing (opposed to a Chat thing), by which any activity resumed gave an
 option (in the launcher!?) to resume it with the former participants, thus
 automatically sending them invitations to join.  That approach prevents
 redundant code, limits developer hassle, and keeps the invitation step in
 the trusted shell.

 ''If'' all of that was built within Sugar, ''then'' I would see the
 presence of the current alert a "bug".  Chat should then recognize when an
 instance is a fresh one and provide the alert, and skip it for resumed
 instances (aware that they've already been prompted to share) with the
 assumption that the intent is to review or copy the conversation, and not
 continue it.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/402#comment:3>
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