[Bug 570000] [NEW] Block contacts in contacts list

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: empathy

This is not a bug but a feature request.
Empathy does not allow to block contacts in the contacts list on 2.28.1.1

Let's say I have X (msn), Y (yahoo), Z (jabber) contacts in my contacts list.
I want to chat with X & Y, X excluded: this can not be done.
Needless to say, being unable to be selectively available is a privacy concern.

Is this function available on Lucid 10.04 RC, or on the Empathy PPA (version 2.30.0.1 -- at the day of this message)?
Is there a bug report duplicate of this one already ported upstream? I couldn't find one.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 26 10:53:19 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: empathy 2.28.1.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: empathy
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Block contacts in contacts list
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