Comment 92 for bug 296867

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ubudog (linuxdude) wrote : Re: [Bug 296867] Re: empathy needs to support OTR encryption

We need to have this by Natty. That would be awesome.
> We still do not have this?
> I want to program it. Please one of the developers contact me. I will work
this and I will code it, I will also make sure that all of my code meets
your exact specifications. I am serious.
> I am getting my degree in software engineering, and I already have a good
grasp of Python.
>
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> empathy needs to support OTR encryption
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867
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> Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Confirmed
> Status in Telepathy framework - library: Confirmed
> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “libtelepathy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “empathy” package in Fedora: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: empathy
>
> Hello,
> I just tried empathy (the Intrepid version) and it looked very solid and
stable. There were a few minor things that could be improved (e.g.
automatically resizing the contact list), but that is not the topic here.
> The reason why I won't switch to empathy from pidgin is the missing OTR
support (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ ). This is a really important
feature because no one should read your messages.
> There were others with the same idea (links at the bottom).
> Would be so great if it could support that important encryption standard.
> Thanks for helping out!
>
> Links:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/253452/comments/2
> http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2008-September/001479.html
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16891
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