[Licq-main] Re: [gnomeicu-support] Why not a combined icq communication library?

[MOREAU V. <job...@m6...>]

There is an ICQ transport on http://icqv7-t.sourceforge.net/ but I don't
know how it work.

I found the link on www.jabber.org


> Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> 
> >I've been wondering for a while now, why there isn't a central
> >abstracted ICQ communication library for the various ICQ clients?  
> >
> >It seems that it would make more sense for the various client developers
> >to coordinate on a central abstracted library that they could all
> >benefit from, rather than each working to implement redundant
> >functionality separately.  
> >
> >Then each project could link to the library in more generic ways and
> >changes to the protocol would possibly only mean changes to the core
> >library leaving clients largely unaffected.
> >
> >>From what I've seen, LICQ and GnomeICU seem to be two of the most
> >advanced ICQ clones available.  Combined effort from these two projects
> >would most likely result in a very useful core library.  Has anything
> >like this been looked at?
> >
> The biggest problem is to have everyone agree on using the same 
> language.  Then after the language settled we have to define the API as 
> well.  This could take a long time but we could all benefit from it if 
> it can really happen.
> 
> As Olivier mentioned there are stuffs that is not easy to seperate (but 
> not impossible).  But this could create more burden in defining a common 
> api that can satisfy all parties.
> 
> I would love to join force in doing that as long as it is not in C++, 
> because gnomeicu is a C client :)  How about the LICQ team, what do you 
> guys think? (we know icq protocol is keep changing, the only way to have 
> full support (to keep up with the changes) for it is to have more 
> developer to work on it)
> 
> Patrick
> 
> >
> >Jamin W. Collins
> >
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