< Features
Empathy
Summary
Use Empathy as the default IM client
Owner
- Desktop SIG
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 11
- Last updated: 2008-11-05
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
In the F10 cycle, GNOME added Empathy. During discussion this Ubuntu evaluation was cited. General consensus was that we would like to revisit Empathy for this F11 cycle, keeping track of which issues have been fixed in the Ubuntu evaluation, as well as any we want to add.
Benefit to Fedora
Stay in sync with upstream.
Scope
Outstanding issues:
- Track bugs fixed upstream
- Reevaluate Empathy around alpha time
Test Plan
For Empathy:
- Try various protocols: XMPP, MSN, etc.
- Try using Fedora Talk.
- Try Google Talk/XMPP.
- Look at the things that were called out in the Ubuntu review. Have they improved ?
User Experience
For upgrades, Pidgin will remain the default. For new installations, we'll use Empathy.
Dependencies
None.
Contingency Plan
- Stay with Pidgin as the default IM client.
Documentation
- See the Gnome 2.24 release notes.
Release Notes
Fedora 11 includes the latest version of the Gnome desktop. Gnome 2.24 included a new instant messaging application, Empathy, that replaces Pidgin as the default instant messenger in Fedora.
For more information about what is new in Gnome, see the Gnome 2.24 release notes.
Comments and Discussion