Adium 1.4b18/1.3.11?

[shawn khan]

Hello,

I am up for helping out even if I am new to the coding, I can work with
someone and help them along.

Thanks,
Shawn

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Alan Humpherys <alangh at adium.im> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>
>
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