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This is a work-in-progress page! A lot of what is below is still pretty much BRAINDUMP. Edit with care.
Introduction
Real time Communication has traditionally been a detatched feature of Desktop Computing, provided via stand-alone Instant Messaging clients with poor integration into the desktop experience. One of the primary goals of the KDE 4 series is to tighten integration between different components of the environment. The Realtime Communication and Collaboration (RTCC) project aims to tackle just this.
Our aims are:
- To integrate Real Time Communication deeply into the KDE Workspaces and Applications
- To provide a infrastructure to aid development of Collaborative features for KDE applications.
If you find these goals appealing, why not consider getting involved. C++ programming is *not* a necessity.
Technical Information
The RTCC project uses the cross-desktop Telepathy Framework as the basis for our work.
Getting Involved
At this stage, the best way to get involved is to contact the existing team, either on IRC (#kde-telepathy channel on irc.freenode.net) or on our mailing list.
The Work
What we need to get done. This is divided into two sections:
- Phase 1 contains the tasks which *must* be completed in order for us to make a first release.
- Phase 2 contains other speculative major features that we will probably implement once Phase 1 is complete.
Phase 1
These are the essential tasks which must be completed before we can make a first release. Adding or removing tasks from this list requires a consensus on the kde-telepathy mailing list first. Click on a task title for further information about that task.
| Status | Task | Developers | Source Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN PROGRESS | Account Management GUI | George Goldberg <grundleborg googlemail com> | Web SVN Link |
| NOT STARTED | Chat Window App | Matt Rogers <> | |
| NOT STARTED | Logger Application | ||
| IN PROGRESS | Buddy List App | George Goldberg <grundleborg googlemail com> | |
| NOT STARTED | Desktop Wide Tp::Approver |
Phase 2
This section contains features that will *probably* be implemented once the first release has been made.
| Status | Task | Developers | Source Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOT STARTED | Port Kopete plugins to Telepathy infrastructure | ||
| NOT STARTED | Add voice/video call support to Chat UI | ||
| SPECULATIVE | Add a internal Tp::Approver to Kopete |