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Subject: Re: Summer of Code
From: Ankit Singla <anksingla () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-03-22 13:56:07
Message-ID: 47E50FF7.6000900 () gmail ! com
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Andreas Monitzer wrote:
> On Mar 22, 2008, at 06:41, Kevin Stange wrote:
>
>> Abhinav Upadhyay wrote:
>>
>>> I wanted a bit clarification on the project i.e. what exactly is
>>> required whether the whole code is to be re-written OR just to
>>> edit the GTK+2 code.
>>>
>> This project would involve creating a native Windows application
>> with a frontend for libpurple using Microsoft Foundation Classes (or
>> perhaps something else native to Windows?), much like Adium X is a
>> native Mac OS X application which uses libpurple.
>>
>
> Uh, isn't that a bit large for a summer project? Just take a look at
> the size of Adium, and try to imagine a student writing that in 3
> months on his own.
>
Even if it isn't finished, it would be nice to see it started.
> I've heard that MFC is hell, btw. Writing windows apps in .NET is
> supposed to be much easier.
>
I've heard this, too. Since the .NET framework is compatible with every
version of Windows, I'd say that's a valid toolkit to use.
> andy
>
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