[Adium-devl] MSNP15 in Libpurple

[Jordan Schelew]

You have a limited view in how 'better' is defined. A strict feature- 
by-feature comparison is not truly enough to decide which one is best  
for Adium - though features may be all many Adium users might be  
comparing here, it's also a matter of support.

With the MSNP15 implementation in Libpurple, are we going to be able  
to have as quick a response time from the Libpurple developers  
(particularly QuLogic right now I assume) when a bug arises, or is it  
going to sit and wait for 3+ months like many of the patches that were  
on Pidgin's trac targeted for P14/15? In this regard, we have had much  
better support from Filipe than we have from the libpurple devs.  
Nonetheless, this may simple have been because the work was being  
completed on the core implementation of the protocol. Now that those  
portions are done, does this mean that QuLogic and KHC (and others)  
will be able to investigate problems and be prepared to solve bugs in  
a much faster time-frame? (ie: at least close to Filipe's response  
time). If so, then perhaps switching to P15 is the way to go. If this  
is not able to happen, then I believe we should stay with MSN-Pecan.

For the record, MSN is my primary protocol as it is for many, if not  
all Canadians. Therefore I feel it important to clarify that I am not  
simply treating this as simply another protocol (or as something to  
disregard) like many of the AIM-centric developers on Adium, but  
instead as one that I use daily for business and personal applications.

Those of you thinking, we should simply choose the one with the best  
features, think about what happens if you encounter a big problem,  
like not being able to connect - would you want the problem to  
continue for months at a time, or would you prefer to have it solved  
in a matter of weeks or less? This is basically what I'm questioning  
here - as we don't know for sure whether P15 or MSN-Pecan will be best  
in this manner.

Jordan


On 15-Jul-08, at 10:29 AM, arnaud jezequel wrote:

> At the moment msn-pecan does not support OIM but MSNP15-libpurple does
> so why should i use msn-pecan?
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> if one day msn-pecan becomes better (P2P file transfer) i will of
> course prefer msn-pecan
>
> Arnaud JEZEQUEL
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