On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:11:12AM -0500, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > >Why would you need voice chat in the base install? There isn't even IM > >in the base install. > > > > good point about the IM. i see voice as pretty important since the gross > majority of ppl have a phone (whether VOIP or otherwise) in their home. on the > other hand, not everyone uses text chat programs.
However, many more people use a *phone* instead of a computer for voice; text messaging is still much larger than VoIP and such. > >OpenSIP would be helpful to a lot of people, I'm sure, but I doubt the > >developers have time for it. > > i recognize the devs are busy folks and don't have time to code out features > that people wish for on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > note that my previous message did not suggest "someone else should do > this", it only asked if such a thing were done, could it get in tree. > i surmise the answer is no, likely for the reason you cite above. i > wanted to check because i've thought about working on such a thing > myself for a year now. It would be a port, but lots of important things are in ports. I'm typing this using mail/mutt, editors/vim, and so on... Joachim