2015-04-25 1:33 GMT+08:00 Allan Day <allanpday@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> Empathy, which is our default IM client, has been dead upstream for some >>> time, so I'd like to start a discussion about what instant messaging >>> experience should look like in Fedora Workstation. > > This will largely be determined by whatever decisions are made > upstream in the GNOME project. (Chat is integrated into several key > GNOME modules - such as the shell and the control center - so it's not > simply a matter of switching packages around.) > > That said, I'm sure that the GNOME release team would welcome input on > the subject. (They have discussed this subject recently themselves.) I wonder if they reached a consensus? >From what I learned, I tend to think Pidgin might be the currently best choice for default IM in Workstation. It is better to offer our (new) users a working IM with some development than integrating a dead project IMO. Tox or GNOME Chat might be the future, but does not seem mature for like F23. PS: Actually I find myself have not used desktop IM for some time... Regards, Alick -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
