Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.24

["Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Xavier Claessens <xclaesse gmail com> wrote:
> * Proposal: Include Empathy in GNOME 2.24 desktop.
>
>  * Adoption: It is packaged at least for debian, ubuntu, mandriva, gentoo
>  and fedora. There is patches for Totem and nautilus-send-to [2] to make
>  use of libempathy(-gtk). There is a gtetrinet branch which uses
>  libempathy-gtk to play with contacts. There is also a python plugin for
>  epiphany using pyempathygtk [3]. Empathy is also used by Soylent [4].

You can add PLD Linux to that list.

>  * GNOME-ness: The community reports bugs in GNOME bugzilla and attach
>  patches, I review and commit in GNOME's SVN. GNOME translation teams are
>  already translating empathy. The UI is build with GNOME spirit in mind,
>  empathy inherit from Gossip's excellent UI.

The user icons cry for a replacement. I'd suggest contacting either
the Gajim team and asking them for their default iconset or contacting
the Tango crew. I know this might sound offtopic but causes a major
usability regression when former Gajim/Pidgin/whatever users are
confronted with Empathy's interface.

I'd also ask you to release tarballs often during the next 6 months so
it's easy to judge if the project meets the expectations and if there
is enough momentum to make it fully usable for 2.24.

(Not a core GNOME member but +1, GNOME really needs a unified IM
experience and deserves something better than libpurple)

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Patryk Zawadzki
PLD Linux Distribution