[tor-bugs] #11385 [TIMB]: Start an Off-the-Record implementation for Instantbird

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#11385: Start an Off-the-Record implementation for Instantbird
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 Reporter:  karsten           |          Owner:  karsten
     Type:  project           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:
Component:  TIMB              |        Version:
 Keywords:  SponsorO20140331  |  Actual Points:
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 A major shortcoming of our choice of Instantbird as the underlying
 messaging client for the new messaging bundle is the lack of Off-the-
 Record Messaging support.  Tackling this issue breaks down into two parts:
 [https://github.com/arlolra/ctypes-otr build an extension that binds to
 libotr to support the protocol] (#10210), and
 [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=983347 make the necessary
 graphical changes to Instantbird to empower the user] (#10938).  We
 started on the former, producing the extension and making changes to
 Instantbird's internals to support the protocol.  That concludes the part
 of this task that was supposed to happen in Q1/2014.  Continuing this
 implementation is going to happen in Q2/2014.

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