Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.22

["Jason D. Clinton" <me jasonclinton com>]

On 9/23/07, Xavier Claessens <xclaesse gmail com> 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)?
 

> 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 the additional maintenance problem Empathy and Telepathy framework
> is supported by companies like Collabora, Nokia, OLPC (RH) and Intel and
> some community guys are starting to submit patches too. And we can even
> use libpurple (from pidgin) in Empathy thanks to telepathy-haze.

But why is this duplication occuring?
 

> Currently GNOME has no IM program at all, Ekiga does only voice and
> video AFAIK.

See my other reply regarding Pidgin's de facto status as the Gnome desktop IM client. Why are you competing with them?