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1 STATUS of GAIM CVS tree. Last modified $Date: 2000-12-20 00:28:35 -0500 (Wed, 20 Dec 2000) $ by $Author: robflynn $.
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3 This file is meant to provide gaim users who use the CVS version to see whether
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4 they actually want to compile what they just checked out. Gaim CVS is usually
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5 relatively stable (we use it all the time), but has tendencies to be quirky at
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9 OVERALL
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12 The current CVS tree is more or less back to "normal". It seems to be stable,
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13 and allows multiple connections (which should also be stable).
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15 There have been a lot of changes in the past month; I think all of the bugs
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16 have been worked out but I'm sure there are still a lot remaining. Please, if
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17 you get bored one day, go on a big bug hunt.
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20 MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS
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21 ====================
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23 I'm impressed that this is working. It took a major restructuring of the
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24 internals of gaim. Everything had been based around one connection, and that
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25 connection used one protocol or the other. Now, there are many connections, and
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26 each connection may be using a different protocol. This change should be nearing
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27 completion now; most things are working and there are very few FIXME's related
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31 BUDDY LIST
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34 The buddy list should now be stable. The only thing that'll be missing is if
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35 you're signed on as more than one name, the tooltips and idle times for buddies
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36 won't display correctly.
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39 Applet
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42 The applet should be stable and completely functional now (as far as the applet
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43 part of it goes).
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46 Plugins
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49 The plugin system got a good reworking. It's got a few more features now. Nearly
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50 every plugin is going to need to be rewritten. Have fun porting from 0.10.x to
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51 0.11.0 (it's actually very simple).
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59 going on.
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62 TOC
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65 TOC is working reasonably well. The options to use a proxy got moved to the
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66 account editor, and are set up on a per-account basis, in case you were
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67 wondering. TOC can be used to sign into ICQ; though you should use the ICQ
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68 plugin as it offers more functionality.
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71 Oscar
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74 Oscar is working reasonably well. Please see gaim/libfaim/README.gaim for more
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75 details on Oscar. Oscar can be used to sign into ICQ; though you should use the
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76 ICQ plugin as it offers more functionality.
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79 Yahoo
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82 Yahoo currently supports signing on/off, changing status (only to user-defined
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83 so far though), checking other people's status (via right-clicking in the
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84 buddy list), and sending/receiving messages. Chat support is planned but not
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88 IRC
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91 IRC currently supports signing on/off, sending and receiving messages,
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92 joining chat rooms and holding conversations within them. The buddylist
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93 also works and users have the ability to send ping requests to the user
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94 by right clicking their name. /me support is also added. Other commands
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95 and functionality are planned but not yet implemented.
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101 MSN currently supports signing on/off, sending and receiving messages. The
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102 buddylist is functional. It also supports permit/deny lists and going
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103 away/idle.
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105 When sending the initial message (to start a conversation) there will be a
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106 small delay. It will appear as if the client has frozen. This will not
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107 always be the case. I have a fix that I havent taken the time to write yet.
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110 ICQ
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113 ICQ currently supports signing on/off, changing status (icq-away == aim-idle,
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114 icq-n/a == aim-away), checking other people's status (but not status message),
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115 sending/receiving messages, and receiving URLs. Keepalives are sent regardless
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116 of whether or not you want them; it's necessary since it's a UDP protocol.
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117 Chat and file transfer are planned but not yet implemented.
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120 Jabber
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123 Um, Jabber can't do much yet. I don't even remember what it can do; I didn't
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124 write it, Adam of libfaim did. I just wanted to get it added; hopefully it'll
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125 be ready before 0.11.0 is finished.
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127 Napster
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130 Heh. Ok, so I (Rob) am on crack! Gaim can sign on/off of Napster, add/remove
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131 people to your hotlist (buddylist) as well as chat privately and in chat rooms.
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132 Hopefully I'll come up with a good way to do the file transfer stuff.
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