= The Right Thing to Do =

The following are a list of properties which patches and feature suggestions must fit before they are likely to be considered for acceptance.

 * We should not send things to servers that the official clients do not.
 * We should obey our DesignGuidelines.
 * We should display on 800x640.
 * libpurple (and any of its protocol plugins or core plugins) must not use GTK+
 * libpurple should not require a specific environment such as GNOME or Windows.
 * Pidgin should not require GNOME.
 * Finch should work in screen(1) from a remote workstation.
