GSoC 2012 : Pidgin Plugin Website

[Nikhil Bafna]

> Hi Eion.
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Eion Robb <eion at robbmob.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm personally glad to see a proposal for this :)
>>
>> A few comments:
>> * awesome to see screenshots already (where did you get the 3d rendered
>> pidgin logo!) It'd be good if the theme matched the theme of the
>> pidgin.im website for consistency
>>
>
> Would start working on the theme matching soon. For now, I would like to
> add new features and pages to the site.
>
> * plugins would need to be available for more than just 'windows and
>> Linux', eg splitting 'Linux' up into platform 32bit/64bit/PowerPC/ARM as
>> well as adding OSX and BSD (or whether it's cross platform in the case of
>> most Perl plugins)
>>
>
> All of that :) The end-user should easily get to know without much
> browsing around whether the plugin is for their platform or not.
>
> * can you expand on point 10 "integration with the pidgin client"?  What
>> kind of integration are you thinking of?
>>
>
> I meant to build a detailed 3rd party plugin viewer inside the pidgin
> client, with a link to the download page.
>
> * would you use a separate login system or link in with the logins on trac?
>>
>
> Since I have not started any work on the backend, I could definitely use
> the logins from trac. However, that might be problem if use separate user
> and dev accounts. But I am confortable with either of the options.
>
>
>
> I wanted to ask this. The plugin viewer would be stand-alone website, or
> integrated into pidgin.im?
>
>
> Regards,
> Nikhil Bafna
>
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