On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote: > Avoid regressions as much as possible is a good policy. No regressions > ever until the end of times even if most users would be happy with it, > is not. > >> For reference, I downloaded and tried the msn-pecan / Adium test from Google >> Code when it was first announced. I didn't catch any noticeable benefits so >> I subsequently switched back to the stock Adium. I was initially impressed >> by the enthusiasm, but after researching the history of the fork and what it >> does exactly, I can say that I've lost that enthusiasm. > > Good that it works for you... I assume you don't care about the > countless people that can't even login or get constant disconnections.
Choices are always about trade-offs. If msn-pecan fixes a number of problems, this could be worth it even if it generates new ones. Felipe has said he is most concerned about users, not developers, in terms of implementing features. Felipe, if we took you at your word and moved to msn-pecan for Adium 1.5, would you be willing to commit to working on the MSN-Yahoo bridge if a significant response requesting it (or rather, noting its sudden absence) were made, either during the 1.5 beta period or after its release, for the feature, regardless of the theoretical possibility of a 'work around' but adding a separate Yahoo account? -Evan
