Re: ICQ for Gnome

[Kevin Birch <kbirch pobox com>]

On 5/4/98 1:39 AM Larry 'Daffy' Daffner vizzie@mail.airmail.net said:

>>>>> "KB" == Kevin Birch <kbirch@pobox.com> writes:
>
>  KB> Hello all, This is my first message to the group, and I like to
>  KB> say how glad I was to find a group working on a real desktop for
>  KB> Linux.
>
>  KB> While cruising the web site, I noticed that an ICQ client for
>  KB> Gnome was on the TODO list.  It also said that someone had
>  KB> reverse-engineered the protocol.  I would like to volunteer to
>  KB> take on this project if I can get the protocol from someone.  I
>  KB> use ICQ everyday, and have really enjoyed it.
>
>Well, there's a webpage at
>http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~d95-mih/icq/ with the protocol info
>that's been figured out so far. I was looking at doing something about 
>it myself, mostly as an introduction to the GNOME way of doing things, 
>however I have JUST started, and haven't really gotten a large block
>of free time available. I doubt I will soon either, with everything
>else going on here. So, I just keep taking baby steps. If you've got
>the free time for it though, go to it :)
>
Ok, I'll check it out.  I was curious if there was an official procedure 
for "you are now responsible for this package" as in some other projects.

If you would like to collaborate directly, I'd be willing to share. :-)

Cheers,
Kevin

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Kevin Birch
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