no more irc chat client

Carl Karsten carl at personnelware.com
Tue Mar 7 23:47:48 GMT 2006


Carl Karsten wrote:
 > Matthew East wrote:
 >
 >> On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 11:09 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
 >>
 >>> On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:17:58PM +0100, Armand CORBEAUX wrote:
 >>>
 >>>> I think you probably ask you "why does he say a sich thing?". But
 >>>> the answer
 >>>> is simple: most of the people doesn't know IRC (even as protocol).
 >>>> And it's
 >>>> not by including it by default that it will increase its popularity.
 >>>>
 >>>> As example, usenet is mostly unknown by users, even it exists since
 >>>> a lot of
 >>>> years.
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> Both Usenet and IRC have traditionally been arcane systems used almost
 >>> exclusively by computer hobbyists.  The only rationale for including
 >>> an IRC
 >>> client in the default Ubuntu desktop is to provide access to support
 >>> resources, though arguably the forums are a more convenient interface
 >>> for
 >>> users who do not already know IRC.  We also already include IRC
 >>> functionality in gaim, and though not as rich in functionality as
 >>> xchat, it
 >>> does work, and some users even prefer it over xchat for IRC.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> This is a good decision, in my opinion. However it would be very nice if
 >> irc:// links would open automatically in gaim from
 >> firefox/epiphany/yelp. That way, people can be pointed straight to the
 >> chatroom from the documentation/start page/website. Yes,
 >> forums/launchpad tickets are a better interface for support, but they
 >> are not "live", so some people might prefer that.
 >
 >
 > from #gaim
 > (1:21:57 PM) CarlFK: Ubuntu dropped x-chat .... "it would be very nice
 > if irc:// links would open automatically in gaim"
 > (1:22:19 PM) CarlFK: what will it take to make that happen?
 > (1:22:46 PM) deryni: Using the gaim remote dbus stuff.
 > (1:30:08 PM) CarlFK: will remote debus stuff work in 1.5?
 > (1:30:35 PM) deryni: No.
 >
 >
 > (1:33:33 PM) deryni: There is a non-dbus gaim-remote in 1.5.0 but I
 > don't think it understands anything but aim:
 > (1:33:41 PM) LSchiere2: it doesn't
 > (1:33:52 PM) LSchiere2: and it can only use the first account signed in
 > (1:33:59 PM) LSchiere2: so its doubly crippled
 >
 > So maybe in dapper++

or maybe now:

(5:14:30 PM) Paco-Paco: you could make irc:// work with Tcl in 1.5
(5:14:34 PM) Paco-Paco: to answer a question from hours ago

(yes, I am trying to recrute someone who knows what they are doing to actualy do 
it.)

^C



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