[JDEV] Re: [Gabber] Is gabber dead?

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Mantas [ISO-8859-13] Kriauèiûnas wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I see no news and no messages about gabber development :(
> 
> Is this excellent project dead ?
> 
> I hope not and I wait 0.8.8 version with impatience (0.8.7 crashes to
> me often, when there are problems with internet connection)
 
There is a "Gabber2" project but it is in the early stages.

Personally I think it might be faster to port Exodus/JOPL [1] to Linux
using Kylix or see if there are GTK bindings that would enable someone to
port Nitro/Acid [2] to Linux (or pursue the latter via GNUStep), rather
than build Gabber2 from scratch. These are both modern, well-architected
client + library combinations that could provide a strong foundation for a
modern Linux client. But my coding skills are legendary (i.e., legendary
for being weak) so I'm not the one to do it. Any takers?

Peter

[1] http://exodus.jabberstudio.org/
[2] http://nitro.jabberstudio.org/

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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