No IRC in Kopete for KDE 4.1?

[Derek Broughton]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> 2008/8/28 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>>
>> But there _is_ a KDE IRC client, and there _isn't_ - and isn't likely to
>> be - further development of the IRC client in kopete.  So why not devote
>> some time to using an appropriate KDE component inside Kopete, so that it
>> then requires minimal future maintenance from the Kopete team?
> 
> How about looking at it the other way? There already _is_ a KDE chat
> client that supports multiple protocols. Why develop a separate app
> just for IRC? Why shouldn't the Konversation team devote their time to
> IRC support in Kopete? 

Actually, that's what I'm saying.  They're the ones who'd have to make it
function as a kpart.

> So much of the Kopete / Konversation code is 
> likely duplicate anyway. If there will be a separate IRC client, why
> not a separate Jabber client, a separate ICQ client, a separate Yahoo
> client, a separate MSN client, and a separate AIM client?

Strictly there probably should, and there's no reason that each client
couldn't be separated.
-- 
derek