Why not libpurple? http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple
Matthew Chan [talc...@gmail.com] wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm making good progress into implementing the collab features (the messaging > class is finished). I'd like to implement the XMPP backend, but I need some > community consensus first. > > I've put about a day and a half into using Gloox, but the documentation is > poor > (examples out of date), and community support is worse. Also, it appears the > code has not been developed since 2009. It does appear stable though. > > I've looked into other options, and one promising candidate seems to be the > Swiften library. It's multiplatform and actively developed. It's only been > public for a short while (May2010), but it was developed for awhile privately > and released when the author felt it was ready. The documentation is pristine > as well. It has ample implementation examples and also is doxygen documented. > > The only (significant?) downside I am aware of with the Swiften library is > that > it's not packaged in any distribution yet. If we were to depend on this lib > for > collab features, someone would also need to package the Swiften library in the > repos of every distro we would want it to be included in. This isn't a trivial > effort, but the Swiften lib is definitely better developed than a lot of other > projects I have seen, which facilitates packaging. Also, given the popularity > of the xournal project, I'm sure that someone would be willing to package the > lib into the repos. This would probably increase the amount of time it takes > to > have our code included in the repos. > > Is everyone ok with this trade-off? I'm really at my limits with the gloox > library. I can't even get it to connect to a public XMPP server since it's so > poorly documented. > > Matt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > Xournal-devel mailing list > Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel -- Cheers, Bob McElrath [ Heidelberg University, Theoretical Physics ] "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
