snac2

commit 723343fc42884e2cd87faf6443967c2853c48a68
parent e45ffa0fa2c23cc1717d1784a438abdc82c0890a
Author: default <nobody@localhost>
Date:   Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:54:48 +0200

Disable `timeline_request_replies()` temporarily.

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TODO.md
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activitypub.c
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2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Open
 
+Fix `timeline_request_replies()` issues (more info there).
+
 Fix premature purge of actor by hardlinking the actor object inside the user `following/` subfolder.
 
 Replace weird, vestigial 'touch-by-append-spaces' in actor_get() with a more proper call to `utimes()`.
diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ void timeline_request_replies(snac *user, const char *id)
 /* requests all replies of a message */
 /* FIXME: experimental -- needs more testing */
 {
+    /* FIXME: TEMPORARILY DISABLED */
+    /* Reason: I've found that many of the posts in the 'replies' Collection
+       do not have an inReplyTo field (why??? aren't they 'replies'???).
+       For this reason, these requested objects are not stored as children
+       of the original post and they are shown as out-of-context, top level posts.
+       This is disabled until I find an elegant way of providing a parent
+       for these 'stray' children. */
+    return;
+
     xs *msg = NULL;
 
     if (!valid_status(object_get(id, &msg)))