Re: [Fwd: [gnome.org #1416] Gnome Instant Messenger]

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

Also, couldn't one use gnet instead of gnetwork?  It be nice if 
we started consolidating all these glib based socket wrappers.  I
mean there are at least 2 that I knwo of and I vaguely know of a third.


sri


On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:37:28AM -0700, Will LaShell wrote:
> Just out of curiousity,  how will this be different than gaim? It covers
> all of these protocols and is an existing project that is very stable.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 07:51, Luis Villa wrote:
> > This sounds like a very necessary project to me. FWIW, in bugzilla, our
> > rule of thumb is that generally a project must have code and a release
> > before we'll put it in bugzilla. That probably doesn't make quite as
> > much sense for CVS but it has helped cut down on the number of ghost
> > projects in bugzilla.
> > 
> > Luis
> > 
> > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 01:37, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > > So, what do folks think about adding this project to GNOME CVS?  Please
> > > keep Raul cc'd on any replies, I don't believe he's on the list.
> > > 	Greg
> > > 
> > > ______________________________________________________________________
> > > 
> > > From: Raul Jover via RT <cvsmaster gnome org>
> > > Cc: sopwith redhat com, gleblanc linuxweasel com, chema celorio com, jdub perkypants org
> > > Subject: [gnome.org #1416] Gnome Instant Messenger
> > > Date: 18 Feb 2003 10:52:00 -0500
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi, my name is Ral Jover and im a developer of Gnome Instant Messeenger, I want if is possible a cvs account to add my module, also we are making a Framework to encapsulate al protocols into gnome tree.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > We feel that now a day there is no satisfactory solution that solves in an easy and intuitive way our instant messaging needs in Gnome environment and our aim is to help fixing that.
> > > 
> > >   Our goal is to reach the devinitive and oficial instant messaging application for Gnome Project.
> > > 
> > >   We plan to use ANSI C, and only Gnome and Gstreaming libraries. We'll provide a complete API to handle network protocols for MSN, AOL, Yahoo, ... and encapsulate all them in a framework to allow any third party application to use instant messaging, chat, voice chat, video chat and sending files and e-mail without the need of rewritting any code.
> > > 
> > >   So we will write Gnetwork, a complete framework with modules and plugins support that will implement all kind of protocols and needed capabilities.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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