[OTR-dev] pidgin-otr rewrite

[Rob Smits]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Chu [mailto:hyc at symas.com]
> Sent: March-08-12 5:58 AM
> To: Rob Smits
> Cc: otr-dev at lists.cypherpunks.ca
> Subject: Re: [OTR-dev] pidgin-otr rewrite
> 
> 
> OK, I'll doublecheck that. If you have a stacktrace handy that would give
me a
> head start.

I will send this to you separately.

> 
> Did you patch pidgin with this? http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14843
That
> patch specifically was to address this problem.

My mistake, I missed that patch.  Good call.

> 
> So I guess the conclusion here is that purple-otr should just exist on its
own
> as a fork of pidgin-otr, and will not be merged back in to the pidgin-otr
code
> base? It's clear that we can't preserve *everything* that the GTK UI can
do,
> and if people can't live without those bells and whistles, then there
doesn't
> seem to be any other choice.
 
At this point I think a fork is the way to go. Usability does suffer a bit
when you're stuck behind a couple levels of menus. But let me reiterate that
it is absolutely awesome that purple-otr exists.

Regards,
Rob