Adium 1.4b18/1.3.11?

[Alan Humpherys]

I'm game for that.   I really want to get back into things and help  
out.  I'm totally up for it if you just want to throw something my way.

- Alan


On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:

> This plan sound good to me. I've moved and my schedule has calmed  
> down enough that I can probably squeeze in some time. I'll track  
> down Steve Holt and we can knock our brains together.
>
> -Colin
>
> On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 22, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Alan Humpherys wrote:
>>
>>> I must confess to being a complete novice when it comes to  
>>> integration of a new libpurple version into our code base, but  
>>> seeing the relatively large numbers of patches which are necessary  
>>> to fix security and compatibility issues in our existing version,  
>>> I wonder if it wouldn't be better to pull the new version of the  
>>> library and do both a 1.3.11 and a 1.4B18 release with it.  (Of  
>>> course, I defer to the experts on the wisdom of that path).
>>
>> Doing a major libpurple version upgrade on the 1.3 branch would be  
>> a large undertaking; I definitely don't think it's worth doing.  A  
>> minimal release with the plucked changes to fix some protocol  
>> breakages seems reasonable, and it should easy enough to do.
>>
>>> I know that I haven't been active in the project, but have some  
>>> time over the next weeks that I can invest.  (It would also be  
>>> great if I had a more experienced expert to collaborate with.)  I  
>>> really think we need to push hard and get a completed 1.4 out the  
>>> door.
>>
>> I fully agree.  What we need is a deadline; 1.4 has languished long  
>> enough, and the fact of the matter is that fixing every bug is  
>> simply an impossible goal.
>>
>> I propose Thursday, May 13.  It's a largely selfish date: I'll have  
>> a couple days prior in which I am free to focus on nothing but  
>> hacking on Adium, and since I have company in town that weekend  
>> (and every other weekend in May) I don't want to release on or  
>> immediately before the weekend.
>>
>> Let's ship.  The momentum we gain - both for ourselves, seeing a  
>> major release finally moving, and from the outside as folks see how  
>> much we've accomplished - will make 1.4.1 a much easier goal than  
>> 1.4 was.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> -Evan