On Jan 3, 2016 1:02 PM, "Michael Catanzaro" <mcatanzaro@gnome.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2016-01-03 at 19:03 +0100, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
> > ... is it possible to not remove the chat support from GOA, but just
> > make it invisible unless Empathy is installed?
>
> It should be possible; it would just require changes in gnome-online-
> accounts. But it seems undesirable to me. If Empathy gets downgraded to
> be a normal application, rather than a core component of our OS like it
> is now, then we should not offer configuration for it in System
> Settings. Application configuration should be the province of
> applications.
>
> > If it is completely removed, what happens for upgrades? Do I lose the
> > chat accounts I configured in GOA in F23 if I upgrade to F24?
>
> Yes; you'd have to add all the accounts again in Empathy's account
> preferences. I think this is an acceptable one-time cost.
>
....

> Michael
> --

What do you think about the idea of leaving IRC in goa, and if a user adds an IRC account there,  either install the preferred client for them or pull them over to a Software view of compatible clients?

--Pete