msn-pecan 0.1 good enough?

[Felipe Contreras]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Jordan <jas8522 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Do you have numbers of how many people requested that feature vs
>>>> direct file transfers? We do:
>>>> http://code.google.com/p/msn-pecan/issues/list?can=1
>>>
>>> That's still a regression, and a sizable one at that.
>>
>> Sizable? That's debatable.
>>
>> Besides, I have provided crystal-clear numbers that show that
>> end-users don't care about that, or at least, they care *way* more
>> about fast file transfers.
>
> This is probably accurate, but what presents a problem for us will be
> the regression. We will have users who made use of Yahoo contacts on
> their MSN account who will not be pleased that they can no longer
> contact them without signing up for a Yahoo account and using that
> within Adium. I use MSN as my primary protocol in Adium and have never
> used it to contact Yahoo buddies, however I know that if I had, having
> the feature taken away would be frustrating.

Suppose you have a user called Steve who uses the MSN -> Yahoo
feature. Will he be angry if he can no longer contact his Yahoo
friends? Perhaps, but will he be willing to give up that feature in
exchange of fast file transfers? If Steve is anything like the typical
MSN user then yes, he will.

Let's remember that the vast majority of MSN users use it because
their friends use it. Very few would have both MSN and Yahoo contacts

Moreover, it's *not* big deal to loose that functionality because you
can always login with a Yahoo account.

> Despite it not being requested through Google Code, do you (Felipe)
> think it is something that could be added anytime soon? If we didn't
> have that regression I see nothing more barring the way to using
> msn-pecan as the primary MSN prpl in Adium - it seems to be the only
> remaining issue.

Support for Yahoo contacts will require quite a bit of changes. So
personally I would not work on that feature unless end-users request
it as I do not like to work on useless features.

If you can provide some numbers regarding the amount of users that
want Yahoo support, preferably compared to fast file transfers, that
would certainly be a good incentive.

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras