2009/6/16 Danny Piccirillo <danny.picciri...@ubuntu.com> > Wait, I have a new proposal! Let's *not* include Empathy in Karmic, but > plan on including it in Karmic +1 (and *announce* this) > Why? Well, it will still give Empathy the attention it needs from > developers to fix the bugs that would be considered regressions during the > switch without actually replacing Pidgin before they're fixed. Aren't i > brilliant? > > *On the other hand*, it might *still* be preferable to include Empathy in > Karmic to have more of a guarantee that bugs will be fixed in time for the > 10.04 LTS > release. As someone commented on my last > post<http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/06/replace-pidgin-with-empathy-in-karmic.html?showComment=1245133369575#c6152600795066756079> > : > >> Empathy has been the top active project in Gnome for the last few weeks, >> with about 100 commits a week on average. The pace of development is >> astounding. Once the move to Empathy is the default, Ubuntu can start >> depending on it for other applications' communication needs (using Tubes). >> Gnome Games are getting Tubes support. Vino just got Tubes support, meaning >> that you can share your desktop with your contacts in Empathy. > > >> I understand why 8.04 didn't ship with Empathy, but the change needs to >> happen. Empathy is 95% there. The needed changes can be made before Karmic >> if Ubuntu (and Canonical) commits to it. If 9.10 ships with Empathy, all the >> major bugs will be worked out by 10.04. Who wants to add yet ANOTHER new >> technology to another LTS. > > > So, what shall it be? Karmic 9.10, or Karmic +1 10.04 > LTS<http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/06/empathy-in-ubuntu-karmic-910-or-karmic.html> > ? > >>
This would be a pretty bad move regarding Ubuntu's development model. With a 6-month release cycle, things *need* to remain cutting edge. If every release is just going to be a rehash of a previous one, then Canonical should be releasing at least yearly. I'm sure you can tolerate installing Pidgin from the package manager until Karmic+1 :) Odysseus
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