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Re: Bug#479440: ITP: funpidgin -- A pidgin fork



Hi,

Am Montag, den 05.05.2008, 01:19 -0400 schrieb Kevin Mark:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 11:28:40PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 23:24 +0300, Mohammed Sameer wrote:
> > > Package: wnpp
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > Owner: Mohammed Sameer <debian@foolab.org>
> > > 
> > > * Package name    : funpidgin
> > >   Version         : 2.4.1
> > >   Upstream Author : A lot. Can't be listed here!
> > > * URL             : http://funpidgin.sourceforge.net
> > > * License         : GPL
> > >   Programming Lang: C
> > >   Description     : graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client based on pidgin
> > > 
> > > Funpidgin is a graphical, modular Instant Messaging client capable of using
> > > AIM/ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, Gadu-Gadu, Bonjour,
> > > Groupwise, Sametime, SILC, and SIMPLE all at once.
> > > It has all the features offered by pidgin plus:
> > > * "Entry area manual sizing" a plugin by that allows manual resizing of the entry area.
> > > * An option to set the size of the buddy icons displayed in the chat window.
> > > * An option to let the window manager place new windows.
> > > * Two different ways of seeing that your buddies are typing.
> > > * An optional send button for Tablet PC users.
> > 
> > Maybe you could wait to see whether this fork lasts, and adds some
> > *substantial* features, before adding it?
> > 
> > Ben.
> > 
> 
> my understanding is that this is a 'protest' fork made to add a feature
> that the upstream did not want(the resizing). So as long as the upstream
> resists, it should survive.

Could we, as the Debian distribution, not make the decision what variant
we want to distribute? We can take the useful patches from funpidgin, if
they are good, and add them to “our” pidgin. That might be the best for
our users and in the spirit of free software, although it might be bad
for our relationship with upstream pidgin.

In any case I suggest that the maintainers of pidgin and funpidgin try
to work together to keep the packages in debian compatible as possible,
e.g. when it comes to plugins and the like.

Greetings,
Joachim
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