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*'''Student''': Thiago Borges Abdnur (aka: bolaum) 
*'''Mentor''': Rafael Antognolli 
*'''Repository''': http://code.openbossa.org/projects/canola-im
*'''Packages''': http://www.students.ic.unicamp.br/~ra025266/gsoc/

===Project summary===
This project intends to build a simple and easy to use IM client plugin for Canola. Initially, we intended to use python-purple as the lib for communications, but we decided to use telepathy instead to be compliant with Maemo's standard.

====Proposed and possible features====
* Client connected in background
* Tray icon to warn about received messages
* Auto-login option
* Bonjour protocol support for finding other Canola users in local network
* Suggest features! New ideas are always welcome!

===TODO===
* Basic tasks
** Use and play around with python-purple '''(DONE, but deprecated)'''
** Understand telepathy framework '''(DONE)'''
** Run and study example codes '''(DONE)'''
** Begin development of UI '''(DONE)'''
** Start backend dev. with:
*** Connect to IM networks (GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and AIM) '''(DONE)'''
*** Buddy-list fetching '''(DONE)'''
**** Asynch status update '''(DONE)'''
*** Basic messaging support (GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and AIM) '''(DONE)'''
*** Status setting '''(DONE)'''
*** Status message setting '''(in progress)'''
** File transfer support

* Extra features
** Bonjour support for finding Canola users in LAN
** Improve UI considering community feedback  '''(in progress)'''
** Add features recommended by the community '''(in progress)'''
** Finish up documentation

===Project Reports===

*[http://n2.nabble.com/-GSoC-09--IM-Client-for-Canola---report-1-td3022902.html Report 1]
*[http://n2.nabble.com/-GSoC-09--IM-Client-for-Canola---report-2-td3214066.html Report 2]

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 *** Basic messaging support (GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and AIM) '''(DONE)'''
 *** Status setting '''(DONE)'''
-*** Status message setting '''(DONE)'''
+*** Status message setting '''(in progress)'''
-** File transfer support '''(in progress)'''
+** File transfer support
 * Extra features
-** Bonjour support for finding Canola users in LAN  '''(DONE)'''
+** Bonjour support for finding Canola users in LAN
 ** Improve UI considering community feedback  '''(in progress)'''
 ** Add features recommended by the community '''(in progress)'''