Hi Alex! On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 23:03:00 -0400 pid...@alexoren.com wrote:
> On 06-09-2016 04:04, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > I disagree. "Sod off" means that the pidgin devs are not interested in this > > functionality and that it won't be supported or accepted. "Patches welcome" > > implies that this functionality is desirable, but not a high priority to the > > core developers, but who may still support making it a part of pidgin. > > Shlomi, when I started sending out the "suggestion for discussion" emails I > stated that the intent was to solicit opinions and discussion on the merits > of the ideas. > > I am not familiar with the vernacular, so I'll trust your interpretation. Thanks! > > > The Pidgin project does not have infinite resources and cannot implement all > > the features that people want. One option for you would be to set up a > > bounty or a kickstarter/indiegogo/etc. campaign or whatever for that. > > Or maybe even trying to write a plugin. > True, that's what "Patches welcome" may imply. > Unfortunately Pidgin development seems to be very Windows unfriendly. But > that's a topic for another discussion. > Well, recently I've come to feel that the problem is that Windows is development unfriendly when it comes to using FOSS libraries and APIs. :-) That put aside, if you feel this is a problem, you can try setting up a VM running GNU/Linux using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox or a different hypervisor. We used this approach in a previous workplace and it worked well. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Summerschool-at-the-NSA/ Fortran - there isn’t a way to do it... oh wait! Now there is. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/ways_to_do_it.html Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
