[Bug 433714] Re: initial empathy account wizard does not offer IRC as an account

[Erik B. Andersen]

@Omer Akram
Thanks, I see that comment. It makes it frustrating that Ubuntu changed from pidgin to empathy. Ubuntu replaces pidgin, which does great with IRC, with empathy (I'm not sure why, but maybe there is a reason). Then the developer of empathy basically says empathy does such a terrible job of supporting IRC that its worth frustrating a person setting up an IRC account so that they won't use it with IRC. As I see it, Ubuntu went from supporting IRC with pidgin to not supporting it (or supporting it badly). (And all the Ubuntu support related chat channels are on what protocol?) Doesn't that fit the category of regression?

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: empathy
  
- In both alpha 5 and alpha 6, when starting the empathy IM client, the
- wizard that starts gives a list of accounts available to create.  In
- this list, IRC is missing.  I've seen this both on the live environment
- and a clean install.
+ In both karimc alpha 5 and alpha 6, and the Lucid daily image from 2-24,
+ when starting the empathy IM client, the wizard that starts gives a list
+ of accounts available to create.  In this list, IRC is missing.  I've
+ seen this both on the live environment and a clean install.
  
  The workaround is to exit and go to Edit -> Accounts (F4) and Add an
- account.  IRC is listed in this location.
+ account.  IRC is listed in this location. In Lucid, you have to get past
+ the wizard (basically set up one account) this work around.
  
  A new user that installs Karmic, may want to get to IRC #ubuntu channel,
  and this gives the initial perception that they cannot accomplish this.

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initial empathy account wizard does not offer IRC as an account
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