Package: wnpp Version: 0.5; reported 2002-02-12 Severity: wishlist * Package name : alicq Version : 0.5 Upstream Author : Ihar Viarheichyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://alicq.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Flexible ICQ client in pure Tcl/Tk
Alicq is pure Tcl/Tk implementation of ICQ client with flexible modularized architecture, support for ICQ2000/Oscar protocol, and ability to pick up Licq configuration files and user database. Why would you use it? It is small, about 1800 lines as of release 0.4. It is modular and extendable in best tradition of the Tcl scripting language. New modules are easy to write, and dozen lines Tcl module can do a lot. It is crossplatfrom: works on Unix, Windows, Macintosh, and on any other system supported by Tcl/Tk. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux pc113 2.4.13-alt1-up #1 Wed Oct 31 06:32:48 MSK 2001 i686 Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R P.S. First reason why I am the best person to package Alicq for Debian is because it's upstream author, Ihar Viarheichyk, is friend of mine, is working in my Linux development team, and is sitting in a room down the corridor. Second reason is that I am the longest and most loyal Debian user here, I have experience building .deb packages for internal use, and I have full access to the local Alicq CVS where updates appear before they go to SourceForge. To see why Debian will benefit from having yet another ICQ client in the distro, just try Alicq. Almost every Linux user in our company has already switched from Licq.