Le dimanche 23 septembre 2007 à 17:07 -0500, Jason D. Clinton a écrit : > On 9/23/07, Xavier Claessens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Le dimanche 23 septembre 2007 à 16:00 -0500, Jason D. Clinton > a écrit : > > -1 > > > > Needless duplication of work covered by Pidgin and Ekiga > (and, so far, > > done better). This is a reimplementation of the wheel. > > > > If the last two Gnome releases are any indication, we are > strapped for > > resources - taking on new modules that add absolutely > nothing > > features-wise but DO add additional maintenance work doesn't > seem like > > a good idea ... for now ... > > > > Maybe in 2.24. > > I strongly disagree, Empathy do NOT reimplement the wheel! > Empathy is > not just an IM client like all others, it's an IM framework > and is the > only project that makes possible for other applications to > integrate IM > features. > > Isn't that exactly what libpurple is which you mention below (which is > already stable and implemented)? No. Libpurple is an IM library. Telepathy is a IM, audio/video and collaboration framework.
Libpurple doesn't allow you to call a contact who is using Google talk. Libpurple doesn't allow you to work on an Abiword document with your friends. Telepathy does. > > I'm currently working on Voice+Video support so Empathy will > be the > first client to support that for SIP, Jabber, and MSN at some > point. > > So why not wait until 2.24 when you have those features? For now GNOME doesn't have a IM client. So, even if voice/video is not implemented yet, GNOME will gain a big piece of software that's currently missing in it. Furthermore, other GNOME components will be able to easily start to integrate IM. G. -- Guillaume Desmottes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jabber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG 1024D/711E31B1 | 1B5A 1BA8 11AA F0F1 2169 E28A AC55 8671 711E 31B1 _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list