[Adium-devl] MSN: pecan vs libpurple

[John Bailey]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:15:48PM -0400, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
> In general, it is preferable that our libpurple codebase be that of the 
> most recent release off of im.pidgin.pidgin, as closely as possible, and 
> this is a heavy weight in favor of switching to msnp15 for 1.4 at the 
> latest (and possibly for a well-tested 1.3.x release).

Don't you mean it's preferable that you ship libpurple code that is as
close as possible to the last libpurple release, period?  We've
demonstrated a number of times that our releases are not always from
im.pidgin.pidgin, such as our 2.2.x releases and most recently 2.4.3.

> Long term, it would be best if we didn't have to pick between two  
> 'competing' codebases, each with its own advantages and disadvantages,  
> and I think that this is clear to all involved.  Given that, I would  
> really like to help (at a social/team level, not at a coding level)  
> negotiate reintegration of msn-pecan's improvements into msnp15.  This  
> shouldn't be impossible given that they have a common progenitor; the  
> primary problem seems to be philosophical differences.
>
> I know that in various places on pidgin-devl Felipe has expressed his  
> frustration with various pidgin practices, and there have been heated  
> arguments are both sides.  These differences may therefore not be  
> resolvable, in which case it is a pity that someone's work will see less 
> of the light of day than it would otherwise.

Not all of the differences involve practices or "philosophy", as
evidenced by a recent far-too-long thread on our development list.  It's
clear to me that these differences are *never* going to be resolved.  I
wouldn't put myself through the frustration that will come from trying
to reconcile them.  This is, however, beyond the scope of this mailing
list (or so I have been informed).

John
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