I'm noticing that in the latest daily build of Ubuntu, Pidgin in still included, who makes the actual change and when will that happen?
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 02:06, Andrew Sayers < andrew-ubuntu-de...@pileofstuff.org> wrote: > I guess my previous message wasn't clear - I'm not making an argument > here from personal preference, I'm trying to file a bug in Ubuntu > itself. Specifically, that dropping Pidgin will cause a regression in > the user experience for migraters. > > I'm also not arguing that migraters are incapable of learning new > things, just that they shouldn't be asked to learn a new IM program at > the same time as they're learning where their start menu went. I would > have no problem, for example, with asking updaters whether they wanted > to switch to Empathy. > > This decision was made at UDS with no input from, or output to, the > wider community. Brainstorm has never heard of Empathy, and I've never > seen it get more than luke warm support on this list. While I agree > with UDS in general, saying "at UDS it was already decided that Empathy > would ship with Karmic.... the decision has already been made for us" > goes completely against the grain of open source development. > > - Andrew > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > Most new users are switching straight from a client like AIM, MSN, or Yahoo, not Pidgin, and Empathy was chosen to replace Pidgin because it is more friendly for those new users. -- http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo
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