GSoC2009: Telepathy prpl

Student: Felix Kerekes

Abstract

This project aims to create a Pidgin protocol plugin that will handle Telepathy connections. This will allow Pidgin to use any protocol supported by the Telepathy framework and benefit from the advantages provided by the Telepathy stack

To do

• Basic tasks (high priority)
  • Export multiple prpls for each telepathy supported protocol (DONE)
  • Implement login and close (DONE)
  • Fetch buddy list (DONE)
  • Perform text messaging (DONE)
  • Handle presence and status for buddies (DONE)
  • Group buddies into groups (DONE)
    • Does not yet support having a buddy in more than one group
  • Handle self presence and status (DONE)
  • Handle avatars for buddies (DONE)
    • Some problems still exist with haze apparently
  • Handle self avatar (DONE)
• Advanced tasks (low priority)
  • Support for adding and accepting buddies
  • Handle allow/ignore lists
  • Implement chatroom/MUC support
  • Implement file transfer support
  • Integrate with Mission Control ?