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

[Xavier Claessens]

Le samedi 14 octobre 2006 à 12:16 +0200, Mikael Hallendal a écrit :
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> 14 okt 2006 kl. 11.54 skrev Xavier Claessens:
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> Hi,
> 
> > For this point I agree, libgossip is a good design and is what made  
> > the
> > move to telepathy so "easy". Nobody knows what will be used as backend
> > in 5years... What Eitan suggested (and I agree) is GossipProtocol  
> > should
> > be at least reworked (if not removed completely) since telepathy is  
> > one
> > gossip-protocol that does all IM-protocols, but for now we can keep  
> > it,
> > the only limitation, afaik, is gossip_protocol_new_account() that  
> > can't
> > be used for telepathy which means we actually violate the libgossip
> > layer and call directly
> > gossip_telepathy_cmgr_new_account_from_protocol() from the UI.
> 
> Yes, I would guess that the GossipProtocol design would have to be  
> reviewed and most likely reworked a bit with a backend that  
> implements several IM services. If you have a clear idea on what is  
> currently lacking (or if it's only the problem mentioned above) we  
> can look into refactoring that layer.

I didn't though about this seriously but that's clearly something that
should be discussed one day or another. If I get a clear idea of what's
needed I'll suggest it on the ML.

Xavier.
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