Re: Re: [Telepathy] Telepathy Status
David Nielsen <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:13:13 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.gossip.devel |
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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