[Gossip-dev] Re: [Telepathy] Telepathy Status

[David Nielsen]

ons, 11 10 2006 kl. 13:59 +0200, skrev Xavier Claessens:
> Le mercredi 11 octobre 2006 à 12:26 +0100, Dafydd Harries a écrit :
> > Ar 09/10/2006 am 21:23, ysgrifennodd Eitan Isaacson:
> > > * We are right now building a vertical solution in the sense that we are
> > > managing accounts, connections, contacts, and incoming channels all in
> > > the same process. If we are truly subscribing to the telepathy way of
> > > life we need to redefine the goals of gossip. Telepathy dictates that
> > > there should be something called mission control[3] that will do all the
> > > background handling of connections and account settings and delegate
> > > actual communications to separate channel handlers, so these are some
> > > options I see:
> > > 	1. separate gossip in to two processes, mission control, and everything
> > > else.
> > > 	2. stay monolithic, and delegate unhandled channels to external
> > > handlers.
> > > 	3. size down to a roster and IM interface.
> > > 	4. combination of 2 and 3, be a self sustaining process with an option
> > > of cooperating with an MC.
> > > Just thought I would throw that out there and hopefully flare up some
> > > discussion :)
> > 
> > One way forward would be for Gossip to implement the MC API, and for MC to be
> > split into a separate component later on.
> > 
> > There was a lot of enthusiasm at Boston for the Telepathy port of Gossip, and
> > it was suggested that we propose it for inclusion in Gnome 2.18. If we want to
> > do this, we should do it right now -- I think the deadline for proposals is
> > the 13th. I personally feel this is a good idea: getting Gossip with Telepathy
> > support into Gnome would be a major boon to both Telepathy and Gnome. If
> > inclusion is rejected, we can always re-propose it for 2.20. Either way, not
> > having MC as a separate component should not block Gossip's adoption by Gnome.

As a user I'd love to see the functionality Gossip offers in my GNOME
desktop and I know many others who feel the same way thus I'd be all for
proposing Gossip for inclusion in 2.18.

- David Nielsen