[Pidgin] #3360: Chat Room Support in Google Talk

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#3360: Chat Room Support in Google Talk
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 Reporter:  onlineapps   |        Owner:  darkrain42 
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  closed     
Milestone:               |    Component:  Google Talk
  Version:  2.2.0        |   Resolution:             
 Keywords:  chat         |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 The main couple certainly don't change all that often, but the smaller
 ones almost certainly do (and it is those smaller ones that people will
 clamor for and which will be a maintenance nightmare).

 I think you exaggerate the amount of people this will matter for, largely
 because I think most people are likely to either use the muc service of
 their server (which should be reported via disco info results and
 therefore pre-populated in the dialog) or one of the "well known" servers
 (the same ones you would want us to have in the list).

 It might make sense to support autocompletion of previously entered
 servers (and a patch for that is something I'd likely accept).

 Removing things is approximately a million times harder than adding them
 (in terms of support costs and user reaction), so no we can't just remove
 the list if maintenance becomes a pain.

 I will ask again, how exactly is the current situation unacceptable when
 the problem is that Google Talk does things differently and in ways that
 work poorly (especially since they could have chosen to advertise the muc
 service and simply remap requested room names to their scheme in normal
 join/create attempts) combined with the fact that (as far as I'm aware and
 you haven't disputed this yet) the official Google Talk clients present
 exactly the same interface we do for this feature (they also provide an
 interface in the conversation window which we don't, but that's not what
 you are asking for)? Could you explain?

 This ticket is about support for Google Talk group chats, that support
 exists, thus the ticket was rightly closed. Discussions for further
 enhancement to the feature can happen here or in a new ticket but do not
 require this ticket to be re-opened until and unless it is clear there is
 actual need for work to be done (an enhancement ticket would stay open
 until and unless we decided it wasn't something we would accept).

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