On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:05:11 +0100, Julien Gilli wrote: >> > It provides support for MSN, AIM and ICQ IM networks. [..] > I think it's probably one of the direction towards which OpenWengo 's > projects may go: allowing any user to communicate in the most general sense > of the term.
Ok, I understand. Personally I'm more a fan of the old Unix philosophy: one tool for one task. I've made more positive experiences with single-task applications (that are focussed and therefor very good in their only field) than with multi-purpose application, but I know there are other people around. I'm just curious about why these new features are implemented before the 'core' is stable enough [0] ... > One of the great benefit that supporting MSN and such very popular messaging > networks brings is that users reluctant to use WengoPhone because they can't > communicate with their existing contacts might consider using it. Well, if there was a working Linux version at all I'd use it, too ;-) > If there is a need for a bare-bone phone application, it may be interesting > to build a light, robust and simple application based on PhApi (or even > SipWrapper). Maybe a modularized approach with core vs. plugins might be helpful and easier to develop/maintain? > We would love to help you if you wish to initiate such a > project. Ooohh ;-) I'm not much of a programmer except for small scripts but I'll think about this idea ... Cheers, gregor [0] on stability: * Classic: None of the existing debs (including the one that is in Debian's new queue right now) work for me (or any of my friends using Debian, too): There's no sound. A friend of mine managed to compile the source with OSS instead of ALSA support and it works (on a machine with ALSA and only OSS-compatibility stuff BTW). * NG: I'm not really happy about the fact that the builds often break, and if they succeed there's still either the "wrong ui file" bug or the mysterious segfault. No reproach or offense intended, I really like the project, but I'm confused about the priorities as I perceive them (which may be distored of course). -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : infos zur usenet-hierarchie at.*: http://www.usenet.at/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Joint Venture: Deine Frau _______________________________________________ Wengophone-devel mailing list [email protected] http://dev.openwengo.com/mailman/listinfo/wengophone-devel
