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==Introduction==
= KDE Telepathy - Real-Time Communication and Collaboration =
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==[[/Getting_Involved | Getting Involved]]==


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.
==[[/Developers | Information For Developers]]==


Our aims are:
==[[/Testers | Information For Testers]]==
* 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|getting involved]]. C++ programming is *not* a necessity.
==[[/Packaging_Guide | Information for Packagers]]==


==Technical Information==


* The RTCC project uses the cross-desktop [http://telepathy.freedesktop.org Telepathy Framework] as the basis for our work.
* We should try and reuse code from Kopete/other already existing code wherever possibly. However, this should be balanced with the need to refactor/rewrite where appropriate to keep the new code true to Telepathy idioms.


==Getting Involved==
[http://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=KTp&namespace=0 All other pages]
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 [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-telepathy mailing list].
 
==Events==
* [[Telepathy/Events/TelepathySprint1|Telepathy sprint - September 2010]]
 
==Getting Started==
Before you start playing with/hacking on the Telepathy integration stuff, you need to get it all compiled: [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Getting_Set_Up|Instructions]]
 
==The Plan==
1) Build components equivalent to a traditional IM application, using Kopete code as much as possible, and integrating with other Pillars of KDE where appropriate.
 
2) Add advanced Telepathy features such as voice/video.
 
3) Build components and Convenience classes to enable real-time communication and collaboration features in any KDE SC app that wants them.
 
==The Work==
 
What we need to get done. This is divided into two sections:
* [[#Phase_1|Phase 1]] contains the tasks which *must* be completed in order for us to make a first release.
* [[#Phase_2|Phase 2]] contains other speculative major features that we will probably implement once [[#Phase_1|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.
 
{| border="1"
! Status !! Task!! Developers !! Source Code
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Account_Management_GUI|Account Management GUI]] || George Goldberg <grundleborg googlemail com> || [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/network/telepathy-accounts-kcm Web SVN Link]
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Chat_Window|Chat Window App/Lib]] || David Edmundson <kde davidedmundson co uk> ||  |
|-
| NOT STARTED || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Logger|Logger Application]] ||  ||  |
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Buddy_List|Buddy List App]] || George Goldberg <grundleborg googlemail com> Dario Freddi <drf kde org> Help much appreciated || [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/network/telepathy-contactlist Web SVN Link]
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Desktop-wide_Approver|Desktop Wide Tp::Approver]] || George Kiagiadakis <kiagiadakis.george gmail com> ||  |
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Call_UI|Call UI]] || George Kiagiadakis <kiagiadakis.george gmail com> ||  |
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Integration_Daemon|Telepathy Integration Daemon]] || George Goldberg <grundleborg googlemail com> Dario Freddi <drf kde org> Help much appreciated || [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/network/telepathy-integration-daemon Web SVN Link]
|-
| IN PROGRESS || [[Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Components/Presence_Plasmoid|Presence Plasmoid]] || Dario Freddi <drf kde org> || Web svn
|-
|}
 
=== Phase 2 ===
 
This section contains features that will *probably* be implemented once the first release has been made.
 
{| border="1"
! 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 ||  ||
|}

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