[Pidgin] #34: Voice/video support

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#34: Voice/video support
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  Reporter:  MarkDoliner  |       Owner:  seanegan       
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned       
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:  Patches welcome
 Component:  libpurple    |     Version:                 
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                 
   Pending:  0            |  
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Comment (by Yerch):

 "Your premise here is wrong, so the rest of your argument is moot."

 Well, it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong. :)

 However, if you're NOT saying that the primary obstacle to implementation
 is lack of developer interest in working on this particular problem then
 what exactly ARE you saying?

 Read through all of these posts again.  Virtually all of them are
 comprised of incessant whining about how much people feel they need this
 feature and the replies from the developers all seem to indicate that this
 just isn't a priority for them.  Hell, the very first paragraph on the
 page says that it is a big undertaking and very few core developers are
 interested in working on it.  Disinterest is THE major theme here.
 Therefore, it cannot be surprising to you when people prattle on and on
 trying to generate interest.

 The whining is pointless and, I assume, frustrating to the developers and
 anyone who is genuinely interested in helping. I'm not in any way throwing
 my support behind the whiners.  Nor am I surprised that people who
 generate code for fun have poor communication/social skills.  What I am
 saying is that if you open up a forum to the public and tell them they
 can't have what they want because you don't care enough to waste your
 precious time figuring it out then you simply cannot be surprised when
 they inundate you with begging/whining/pressure to care.

 Either close the public comments and leave this space strictly for
 updating the progress on the issue, or phrase what you are seeking in a
 constructive way.  But snarkily telling people to have five years of
 coding experience and get to work and/or shut up and go find another
 client isn't productive.  It leads only to the head butting and
 pointlessness of this entire thread which isn't helping anything. The
 problem is communication - of that premise I am certain.

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