Re: [Gaim-devel] [PATCH] Oscar file receive support

[Christian H. <ch...@gn...>]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 10:42:23PM -0400, William T. Mahan wrote:
> Luke,
> 
> Thanks for replying so quickly.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 09:54:35PM -0400, Luke Schierer wrote:
> > 
> > yeah! someone who listened and did a generic interface!.
> 
> It was in the FAQ. :-)

Woah! Somebody read the FAQ!

> Are you implying that other people have already implemented the same
> thing?  It seemed to me that separating the GTK was a relatively
> small part of the effort required.  Do you know of any other patches
> that I might want to compare wth?

People have tried, but nobody ever finished one. I don't know if their
work was released, either.

> > please post a patch to www.sf.net/projects/gaim, and i'll direct
> > interested parties to try it and send you comments. i do not
> > promise, will not promise that a developer will look at 
> 
> Done, thanks.
> 
> > it or merge it in soon, chances are that won't be the case, but
> > you will get the comments 
> 
> Well, I wasn't looking to have it merged yet (it could be much more
> robust).  But if for some reason this type of patch would never be
> accepted, then I would like to hear about it.

I think it would be accepted if it worked right and followed our
requirements (UI/protocol separation). If you think it's off to a good
start, by all means, continue :)

Christian

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