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Bug 666330 - Integration of Empathy and Gnome Games
Integration of Empathy and Gnome Games
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: General
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-12-15 23:29 UTC by Chandni Verma
Modified: 2012-01-29 04:39 UTC
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Description Chandni Verma 2011-12-15 23:29:00 UTC 
It would be nice if we could initiate games from Empathy just as empathy-av.

For networked games, Empathy can very well provide a contact chooser, be a channel dispatcher and include an approver with the individual game clients remaining as the recommended handlers.

Integrating the two would avoid unnecessary code and functionality duplication. What do you think? Although I think a separate chooser/approver/dispatcher would still be needed to avoid dependency for someone who doesn't want full Empathy installed just for playing games online (but why not when we know Empathy is capable).
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2012-01-23 15:08:35 UTC 
I agree that Telepathy integration in gnome-games would be great but that shouldn't involve Empathy:

- We should have a lib (folks gtk) implementing an easy to tube contact chooser
- Gnome-games should use it to allow contacts to be invited to game.
- Gnome-games will implement the tube channe handler and approver.
Comment 2 Chandni Verma 2012-01-29 04:39:21 UTC 
OK. Thanks for the walkthrough.