[Adium-devl] MSNp15 (libpurple im.pidgin.pidgin) in Adium 1.3.x

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> I don't like to compare the features, partly because I think msn-pecan
> has better foundations, but also because it has less features :P
>
> The next feature of msn-pecan is something that msnp15 doesn't have;
> fast (direct) file transfers, there's partial code in the 'next'
> branch, but my bet is that it will take some time.

The lack of offline messaging seems to be a major problem, especially  
since it also means that we can't communicate with invisible users.

> Sure, msn-pecan has a 'long' standing issue with user displays, but I
> don't think that has a high priority. Unlike Pidgin guys, I consider
> the priorities (try to sort their bug reports by priority). So I've
> left the cvr stuff (file transfers, emotions and user displays) mostly
> untouched, it definitely needs a redesign, but that's not high
> priority... only bug-fixes, which I do work on.

The user display picture issue is a significant regression from  
msnp9.  I would therefore classify it as a major bug.

You may not want to compare msn-pecan and msnp15 on 'features,' but  
the fact of the matter is that these two significant aspects of the  
messaging experience don't work in msn-pecan and do work in its  
philosophical competitor, msnp15.  Most users aren't going to  
experience the edge case crashes, but all will experience these  
lacks.  I completely agree that ultimately a focus on stability is far  
more important than a breadth-first approach to implementing features  
which turn out to be buggy...

...but we're getting a ton of support requests, in every existing  
channel; in fact, the display pictures bug in MSN is by my informal  
measurement the most reported problem in Adium 1.3.  That counts for a  
lot in my book.

-Evan
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