[jdev] Lack of C++ libraries & Xmpp Succes

[Justin Karneges]

Carolina,

> I was searching for XMPP C++ libraries, but I was unable to find
> anything useful.

You'll have to expand on your definition of 'useful.'

> Jaberoo is no more maintained, oajabber is in early stages is
> difficult to compile (also requiere xerces). There are others
> libraries like loudmouth but requires gnome libraries or iris that
> need qt libraries. I must say iksemel? (but is in c).

Is it an issue of dependencies?  Why can't you use these libs?

On a side note, last I looked, Loudmouth is C (not C++) and it depends on glib 
(not GNOME).  Also, there is the recently announced "libstrophe" (in C), 
which by the sound of it probably doesn't have much in the way of 
dependencies.

> I think that this lack of good libraries, is comploting agains the
> succes of Xmpp protocol. Each application must develop it's own
> libraries like psi, gaim, exodus, miranda, etc. A good idea maybe to
> centralize the development of one library that everyone can use (like
> openssl, libz, libpng).

Well, of those clients you mention, the only C++ client is Psi, and both it 
and KDE's Kopete are powered by the Iris library.  So at least there you see 
some code re-use.  But you're right, jabber-lib sharing among end-user 
clients is depressingly uncommon.

As for Gaim and Miranda, they were developed before there were any C libs.  
Maybe they could switch to using iksemel, loudmouth, or libstrophe.

-Justin