I doubt the contest is meaningful for packages installed by default... Having pidgin/ekiga installed does not mean actually using it. Or am I wrong?
Xavier Claessens. 2008/8/10 Andrew Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Alexander Jones wrote: > > 2008/8/10 Luke L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Pidgin works terrificly, and is stable. Ekiga covers the rest. This > would be > >> a pretty big switch in terms of volume of users, and Intrepid is only > 2.5 > >> months away. I believe this should be put on hold. > > > > Saying that Ekiga meets the VoVi needs of Pidgin users is pretty > > ridiculous. It's SIP for a start, nobody uses SIP, and for the few > > that do, TELEPATHY SUPPORTS SIP TOO! > > According to the popularity contest[1], Ekiga is the 464th > most-frequently-used package in the whole of Ubuntu, while Pidgin is the > 628th. That's comparable to Evolution (448th) or or Wine (647th). > Although popcon data is only representative of people that have > installed the popcon package, it's reasonable to say that both Ekiga and > Pidgin are meeting the needs of a large group of users. > > I'm not arguing that these packages must never be touched, just that we > need to think long and hard before ripping them out. I'd be much more > swayed by the argument when Empathy starts to realise some of its > game-changing potential. > > - Andrew > > [1] http://popcon.ubuntu.com/by_vote.gz > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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