#6910 NORM Never A: Add buddy metadata (such as photo, age, bio) (was: person icon metadata)

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#6910: Add buddy metadata (such as photo, age, bio)
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  Reporter:  kevix        |       Owner:  marco         
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  sugar        |     Version:                
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0            |    Blocking:                
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Changes (by Eben):

 * cc: daf, erikos (added)
  * owner:  Eben => marco
  * priority:  low => normal


Comment:

 Yup, me too!

 Let me constrain the scope a bit for the short term, and raise the
 questions I think we need to answer up front to get this started.  In
 terms of scope, I think that we should add a photo(/avatar), age/birthday,
 and an "about me" box for starters.  The "about me" box can cover the
 other missing fields until we get more specific.

 The main concern I have is how we obtain the relevant data.  One place it
 clearly makes sense to ask for such bio info is upon first boot.  At the
 moment, we request nothing but the username to make the process as simple
 as possible.  I could see (in fact, it is in the design mockups) adding a
 "take a photo" step to the boot process, since it doesn't require too much
 additional effort on the users part (such as knowing/being able to type
 phone number, address, or even having a phone in the first place.)

 Once we have the data (or even if we don't get it at startup), how do we
 change it?  The obvious answer seems to be in the "about me" section of
 the control panel.  I would be more comfortable adding additional fields
 such as email, phone, etc. to the control panel section where they can be
 accessed on demand, instead of requiring them in the initialization.

 So, there are 3 parts that need to be updated to make this happen:

  1. Add photo step to initialization. (#3297)
  2. Add a profile section to the "About me" module of the control panel.
  3. Add support to the presence service for exposing the photo and other
 relevant bio info. (#2738)

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