In my company, we're using a Redmine. And I thought it would be more useful if I could receive some activities(Like creating/updating Issue) via GTalk. Thus I created acts_as_notifiable.

NOTE:

• I added this plugin to directory:
  http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acts_as_notifiable
• Japanse entry about this plugin: http://blog.s21g.com/articles/415

Repository

http://svn.s21g.com/public/rails/plugins/acts_as_notifiable/

To work with Redmine

1. Install XMPP4R: http://xmpp4r.rubyforge.org/

      1  $sudo gem install xmpp4r
   

2. Install plugin

3. Create file: #{RAILS_ROOT}/config/acts_as_notifiable.yml

      1  #{RAILS_ROOT}/config/acts_as_notifiable.yml
      2  to:
      3    recipients: you@gmail.com me@gmail.com
      4  from:
      5    id: your_notify_account@gmail.com
      6    password: pass
      7    connect: talk.google.com
   
4. Add acts_as_notifiable to the Model class

      1  class Issue
      2    acts_as_notifiable :message => Proc.new {|o| "[#{o.project.name}:#{o.class.name}##{o.id}]#{o.status.name}:#{o.subject}\n #{o.journals.last.notes unless o.journals.blank?}"}
   
5. restart server

NOTE: Don't forget to add your_notify_account@gmail.com to your IM client!