Instant Messaging in Fedora Workstation

[Alick Zhao]

2015-04-25 1:33 GMT+08:00 Allan Day <allanpday at gmail.com>:
>>> Empathy, which is our default IM client, has been dead upstream for some
>>> time, so I'd like to start a discussion about what instant messaging
>>> experience should look like in Fedora Workstation.
>
> This will largely be determined by whatever decisions are made
> upstream in the GNOME project. (Chat is integrated into several key
> GNOME modules - such as the shell and the control center - so it's not
> simply a matter of switching packages around.)
>
> That said, I'm sure that the GNOME release team would welcome input on
> the subject. (They have discussed this subject recently themselves.)

I wonder if they reached a consensus?

>From what I learned, I tend to think Pidgin might be the currently best choice
for default IM in Workstation. It is better to offer our (new) users a
working IM
with some development than integrating a dead project IMO. Tox or GNOME
Chat might be the future, but does not seem mature for like F23.

PS: Actually I find myself have not used desktop IM for some time...

Regards,
Alick