Re: default softphone in Debian stretch
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 07:29:48PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> On 14/01/16 17:10, Iain R. Learmonth wrote:
> > It would make sense that if upstreams for desktop environments do not
> > recommend a softphone, that Debian includes a softphone with the desktop
> > environment's task package that is suitable for each desktop environment.
> >
>
> That is the current situation
>
> The problem with this approach is that because it is just a component of
> something larger (like Empathy is part of GNOME), it is not getting
> dedicated support, it is more like they ship it as part of GNOME to tick
> the "has a softphone" checkbox.
>
> Furthermore, if each desktop supplied a different softphone and they
> didn't all work with each other, their usefulness is dramatically
> reduced (think Metcalfe's law in reverse). Debian can make a bigger
> impact in this area by ensuring that users can freely talk to each
> other, whether using GNOME, KDE or whatever else.
Well I think it would be the Debian SIP maintainer's task to ensure that
the default softphone apps are interoperating between different Debian
desktops.
It might make sense to have a meta-package the depends on a generic
softphone deemed most compatible and useful so users can install it if
they wish. Then again, it might dilute the above effort, if that
happend.
Michael
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