We had a meeting as scheduled at 1100h Pacific. We broadly agreed that: * we don't want to use Pidgin/libpurple * we have a mild preference for Instantbird.
We have some open questions about Instantbird: 1. What sort of attack surface does Instantbird present, compared to -- say -- a browser. 2. What's the timeline for Instantbird implementing OTR, and how are they going about it.
Our current plan is to go for a more thorough investigation of Instantbird, and work out what we'd need to do to take Instantbird and produce Tor Messenger, and what roadblocks stand in our way. We were unable to find a lead for this project during the meeting. Afterwards, Arlo volunteered to put together such a plan, and possibly even execute it.
Arlo has committed to putting that plan together by the end of the weekend. If we allow Monday morning to read and digest Arlo's work, we should reconvene some time on Monday afternoon, Tuesday, or Wednesday next week. [Let me know when you're free.][1]
I've decided to send out updates to both tor-dev and tor-assistants, as well as to the individual addresses of folks who are interested. I'm committed to using the string "Otter" and "Attentive" in the subject line. If you want to get those emails, please [edit the wiki page][2] to add that info. I've only put my info there for now, so please edit it if you want to get personal attention in future emails.
What you should do now: 1. Please [tell me about your availability][1] to meet next week. 2. Please add your name, preferred email, and IRC nick to the appropriate section of the [Attentive Otter wiki page][2].
[1]: http://doodle.com/g7xq4e2x8pgf7vda [2]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Otter/Attentive
On 9 October 2013 09:04, Tom Lowenthal me@tomlowenthal.com wrote:
Hello hello,
This is your roughly 60-minute reminder that we'll be comparing proposals for the IM browser bundle on #tor-dev in about an hour. For your reference, and to brush up on the research that everyone valiantly did, the analyses are:
*[Purple](https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005544.html) *[xmpp-client](https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005546.html) *[Instantbird](https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-October/005555.html)
That's all for now. -Tom