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
  • Fetch buddy list
  • Group buddies into groups
  • Perform text messaging
  • Handle self presence, status and avatar settings
  • Handle presence, status and avatars for buddies
• 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 ?