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

[Mikael Hallendal]

Mikael Hallendal wrote:
> Jimen Ching wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Mikael Hallendal wrote:
>>> Telepathy/Gabble is currently lacking several features that needs to be
>>> in place to even consider making a switch.
>> Has this list been forwarded to the Gabble developers?
> 
> No idea.
> 
>>> I'm also not sure how well we will be able to implement specific JEPs or
>>> own enhancements over Jabber through Telepathy?
>>>
>>> Is there a way to pass/read unfiltered jabber XML through Telepathy. If
>>> not, is it possible to just use Telepathy for MSN/ICQ what-not and
>>> continue using our own implementation of Jabber.
>> I get the feeling that not all Gossip developers buy into the Telepathy 
>> philosophy.  I think this may be the first question that should be 
>> answered.  Should Telepathy be at the center of Gossip, or is it just a 
>> fringe piece?
> 
> As of now we are not going to switch to make Gossip a Telepathy client
> if that is what you meant. We have a working client already, buying into
> the "Telepathy philosophy" would require a huge overhaul and probably
> would be better off starting with a new project all together.

So, I had a chat with Rob McQueen on IRC around this as there seems to
be quite a bit of confusion here on the list. It is perfectly fine that
we are continuing along the current path of having Telepathy as a
protocol implementation living next to the built in XMPP implementation.

So for now we (Gossip hackers) will continue hacking on the XMPP backend
 and UI while Eitan and Xavier can continue hacking on the Telepathy
backend and they should be able to coexist happily.

Cheers,
  Mikael Hallendal

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