Kopete ain't got no Jingle support

[Jussi Kekkonen]

Hi Harald

2009/5/31 Harald Sitter <apachelogger at ubuntu.com>:
> Quoting from kdenetwork's buildlog
> "   * libortp (0.13 or higher)
> <http://www.linphone.org/index.php/eng/code_review/ortp>
>     oRTP provides an API to send rtp packets
>     Needed to build Jingle support in Kopete."
>
> libortp is built from linphone, getting that into main is proably quite a
> PITA, so we might investigate getting the independent ortp source into the
> archives and make linphone not build libortp (though if possibly linphone
> should also use the independent libortp as well).
>
> So, someone should
> a) check whether it makes sense to try getting linphone into main, if so write
> a MIR
> b) if not, get in touch with the debian voip team and invstigate the
> possibility of making linphone use an indepent libortp
> c) whatever path its gonna be, for karmic we should have jingle support built
> :)
>
> Volunteers?
>
>
> On related note:
>   * libknotificationitem  <>
>     The KDE4 implementation of the experimental next-gen systray protocol
>     Provides enhanced systray in KGet.
>   * Strigi  <>
>     Metadata extraction
>     Needed to get metadata for .torrent files
>   * libgadu (1.8.0 or higher)  <http://toxygen.net/libgadu/>
>     A library providing support for Gadu-Gadu protocol
>     Required for Kopete Gadu-Gadu protocol
>   * libv4l2  <http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html>
>     Collection of video4linux support libraries
>     Required for better webcam support
>
> 1) ought to be an ustream issue I guess
> 2) missing dep it appears
> 3+4) both should be in main if I am not mistaken
>

from KDE svn:
kdenetwork$ svnlastlog kopete/protocols/CMakeLists.txt
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r975066 | casanova | 2009-05-29 22:14:23 +0300 (pe, 29 touko  2009) | 2 lines

Don't compile Jingle by default, it's already deprecated and sound has
fluidity problems.

So, should we keep pushing Jingle or wait (googletalk and/or) XMPP to
update the specs and Kopete devs to implement it?

-- 
Jussi Kekkonen
  Ubuntu/KDE developer  tmt at ubuntu.com
  Finnish LUG Linux in schools project leader jussi.kekkonen at flug.fi