[Pidgin] #361: Log Reader Additional Formats
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Fri May 18 17:29:54 EDT 2018
#361: Log Reader Additional Formats
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Reporter: rlaager | Owner: rlaager
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Milestone: | Component: pidgin (gtk)
Version: 2.0 | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: |
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Changes (by rlaager):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
Comment:
The current Log Reader plugin, like Pidgin itself, is written in C.
Parsing text in C is... a pain. I'm closing this bug, as there is no
realistic chance I'm going to work no this general problem. If I was to
tackle the bigger issue of enhancing Log Reader, I would probably start by
rewriting it in Python.
As to your specific issue with importing Miranda logs... Even if the
format is pretty trivial, you're talking about probably multiple full days
of work to do this in C, or to start the plugin over in Python. Unless you
can find someone who is interested in this for themselves, you're probably
going to need to pay thousands of dollars to get it done.
If I were you, I would focus my efforts on a one-time conversion script,
which it seems you have already found. I would try to find a programmer
for hire to help you modify that script.
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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/361#comment:22>
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