Matrix as a replacement for Telepathy

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

I thought I would put it out there after some discussion to make sure it isn't a completely crazy idea.

What do people think about integrating directly with Matrix as a replacement for Telepathy?  This would mean that we can focus on  chat, video-conferencing, and anything else through Matrix.  We'd have to abandon clients like empathy (or modify).  For IRC we would use our own library or use matrix's bridge.

This way, we can push this support to an upstream that cares and is culturally compatible with us.  Matrix of course gets a boost from a major group relying on them and providing alternative clients and a superior (hopefully) user experience.

sri