Okay, I kind of understand. Olivier: > Empathy is the client for GNOME, so it's really focused on the GNOME > desktop. The fact that the Ubuntu people use it is mostly historical. > If you want to write a new IM client, you should just start from > scratch based on either Telepathy or even better, just on libpurple > directly.
But Telepathy is not relying on libpurple, is it? Is there no code base to share? So that two projects could profit from each other? > That said, old fashioned IM has mostly disappeared for regular people > and the replacement protocols, Facebook, Skype, Hangouts, etc, are not > suitable for the kind of APIs that were developed a decade ago like > libpurple or Telepathy. Old protocols were based on carrying messages, > while newer ones are mostly a view on a "mailbox" which is stored on > the server so you can keep your conversation across devices and the > web. Also, the large majority of real users are now using closed garden > systems, making open clients much more painful to develop as everything > needs to be reverse-engineered. This argument is true for SIP and XMPP, right? As (not yet fully) discussed in another thread on this list today [1], we should probably reach out for a scenario with hosting our own SIP+XMPP servers. Is there any chance that SIP and/or XMPP are enhanced/extended as a standard by such a mailbox view on remote resources? To make the whole communication and collaboration scenario future-proof, and less dependent from the social giants? [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/telepathy/2015-September/006722.html Jonathan: > Ubuntu Touch's built-in messaging client is based on Telepathy, > but it can currently only send and receive SMS and MMS > messages. I'm not sure, but Canonical's plan may be to extend > this client so that it's a more general Telepathy client > and making its UI responsive - essentially, replacing Empathy > for their desktop. Nothing the like was mentioned in today's Ubuntu On Air with Pat McGowan [2]. Canonical is focused on convergence at the moment and probably until the LTS release in Q2 next year at least. The question on a planned "killer app" was negated. Currently, killer apps will have to come from developers in the community, I think, because Canonical needs to focus on getting features out on the platform as such. [2] http://ubuntuonair.com/ Peter _______________________________________________ telepathy mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/telepathy
