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== Project Name ==

BirdTorrent -- Torrent support for [http://getsongbird.com Songbird]!

== Project Description ==

The goal of this project is to create an add-on that allows Songbird to handle .torrent files.  The basic idea is to cut out the middle man, allowing users to download music from torrent sites directly to their library.

== Project Leader(s) ==

Anthony Hughes [ashughes] - This is me!

== Project Contributor(s) ==

Currently, there are no contributors to this project.

'''Want to help out?'''

I have tested my 0.1pre on Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit and Mac OS X 10.5.5 i686.  

It would be helpful to get results from other people using Mac and other Linux distros.  

Please click [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ashughes/BirdTorrent/TestResults HERE] to help test Birdtorrent 0.1pre.

'''NOTE:''' I will be canvasing for Windows testers in the upcoming days.  Stay tuned.

== Project Details ==

=== 0.1 Milestone ===

The goal of this milestone is to get libtorrent compiled as a static library and be able to wrap it into an XPCOM component.  To demonstrate the proof of this working, I plan to inject a simple HelloWorld alert statement into one of the libtorrent functions.

''Expected Release Date:  Oct 17, 2008''

'''Tasks'''
* <strike>Compile Libtorrent as a static library</strike>
* <strike>Compile Songbird's XPCOM HelloWorld Addon</strike>
* <strike>Research Make for how to wrap libtorrent</strike>
* <strike>Get sbHelloWorld and libtorrent built into one xpi</strike>
* <strike>Inject torrent::version() into sbHelloWorld() constructor to print libtorrent version to console</strike>
* <strike>Improve previous to alert() from a menu option in the UI</strike>
* <strike>Clean up the code to make the addon my own (renaming sbHelloWorld -> birdTorrent)</strike>
* <strike>Blog about the battle</strike>
* Post a design doc
* <strike>Set up Mac build environment</strike>
* <strike>Build Songbird on Mac</strike>
* <strike>Build Libtorrent on Mac</strike>
* <strike>Build XPI on Mac</strike>
* <strike>Test XPI on Mac</strike>
* Set up Win32 build environment
* Build Songbird on Win32
* Build Libtorrent on Win32
* Build XPI on Win32
* Test XPI on Win32

== Project News ==
'''13 - October - 2008'''
* Created [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ashughes/BirdTorrent/TestResults Test Results] page

'''10 - October - 2008'''
* Mac build system set up
* Songbird/Libtorrent/Birdtorrent building on Mac
* Birdtorrent tested OK on Mac
* Linux Regression test passed

'''3 - October - 2008'''
* Updated 0.1 Milestone
* Addon + Libtorrent build together
* Addon + Libtorrent work together
* Addon is compiling and working as expected
* Need to clean up code and blog

'''25 - September - 2008'''
* Posted 0.1 Milestone goal
* Detailed first tasks for 0.1 Milestone

'''18 - September - 2008'''
* Successfully built Songbird
* Build time was approximately 5m21s

'''16 - September - 2008'''
* Successfully set up build environment
* Successfully built Songbird XPCOM_HelloWorld add-on
* Successfully built libtorrent as a static library
* Need to read documentation for MAKE to put the two above together