ctypes-otr

Intro

Part of the plan for the Tor Messenger.

Dev Env

Download a nightly build of Instantbird and install it. Then create a profile,

On darwin,

~/Applications/Instantbird.app/Contents/MacOS/instantbird-bin -p

On linux,

instantbird -ProfileManager

Now clone this repo and link to the extension.

On darwin,

brew install libotr
git clone https://github.com/arlolra/ctypes-otr.git
cd ctypes-otr
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Instantbird/Profiles/<profile>/extensions
pwd > ~/Library/Application\ Support/Instantbird/Profiles/<profile>/extensions/ctypes-otr\@tormessenger

On linux,

sudo apt-get install libotr5-dev
git clone https://github.com/arlolra/ctypes-otr.git
cd ctypes-otr
mkdir -p ~/.instantbird/<profile>/extensions
pwd > ~/.instantbird/<profile>/extensions/ctypes-otr\@tormessenger

Now launch Instantbird and OTR should be enabled. This is confirmed by the little lock in the top right of private conversations.

The default policies can be changed in Tools > Add-ons > ctypes-otr > Preferences.

Release

export VERSION="X.X.X"
// bump the version numbers in package.json / install.rdf
git changelog  // edit
git commit -S -m "Release version $VERSION"
git tag -s $VERSION -m $VERSION
git push origin master
git push --tags
// bump the version numbers (+git) after the release

Credits

Inspired by FireOTR.

License

MPL v2.0