This is my report for the last week of community bonding. On next Tuesday the coding phase officially begins \o/.

I spent my week like I did the one before; writing tests, increasing the codecoverage of my Smack OMEMO module. Today the coverage finally reached the same level as the main codebase, meaning my PR wouldn’t decrease the percentage anymore. Apart from that I’ve read some tips on java.nio usage for file transfer and made myself more familiar with its non-blocking IO concepts.

Throughout the week I took the one or other chance to distract myself from work by participating in OMEMO related discussions on the standards mailing list. I’m quite happy, that there’s a vital discussion on the topic which seems to have a solution in prospect which is acceptable for everyone. Specifying the OMEMO XEP in a way that enables implementations using different crypto libraries is definitely a huge step forward which might bring a broader adoption without leaving those who pioneered and developed the standard standing in the rain (all my subjective opinion). I was really surprised to see developers of the Matrix project participating in the discussion. That reminded me of what the spirit of floss software really is 🙂

I plan to spent the last days before the coding phase sketching out my projects structure and relaxing a little before the hard work begins. One of my goals is to plan ahead and I really hope to fulfill this goal.

Happy Hacking 🙂