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NEWS!
author Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
date Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:08:08 +0000
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1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul
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3 2.4.0 (2/29/2008):
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4 John: While this release took what seems like forever to get out the
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5 door, I think it's well worth the wait, especially for Yahoo! users.
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6 This release serves up some fixes for long standing bugs and adds
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7 file transfer for transfers with newer Yahoo! clients (finally!). As
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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8 is standard with code I committed, where it works great thank the
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9 patch writer, and where it's broken, feel free to yell at me. Enjoy!
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11 Sadrul: Finch is more colourful and blinky in this release! There's
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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12 now a log viewer, which is very useful, and also the ability to
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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13 block/unblock buddies. It's now also possible to find chat rooms on
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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14 many services, e.g. XMPP, IRC, Yahoo! etc. Happy Leap Day!
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16 Ka-Hing: I think all I've done for this release is committing some
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17 patches written by other people.
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19 Stu: Finally, 2.4.0 lands. I didn't do all that much except complain
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20 about things I didn't like or just revert Sean's changes. I'm quite
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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21 pleased with how well it's turned out in the end.
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22 Happy Birthday Fred, you must be nearly 10 now ;-)
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24 2.3.1 (12/7/2007):
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25 Stu: I'm sorry for the MSN problems and the plugin crashes in 2.3.0.
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26 Hopefully this will redeem us. This fixes a number of bugs. I'm a
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27 bit late but I'd like to welcome John to the team. Enjoy!
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28
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29 Luke: I've done absolutely nothing in the last 2 weeks, except watch
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30 others commit bug and, more, leak fixes. People should be noticing
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31 remarkably fewer memory leaks now than 2 or more releases ago.
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32
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33 Kevin: I'm not quite sure what happened to our MySpaceIM Summer of
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34 Code student, but I fixed a few MySpace bugs with idle and status.
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35 I will try to fix some of the other more significant bugs, after I
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36 figure out the protocol, especially including grouping issues.
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38 2.3.0 (11/20/2007):
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39 Luke: While this does not have the new MSN code, rest assured that
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40 we are working on it and that it is nearing release. This contains
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41 a significant number of fixes, including some that were marked as
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42 fixed for earlier releases. Happy Thanksgiving!
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44 John: This is my first NEWS entry! So, this time around we have an
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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45 updated man page (the old one hadn't been really updated since
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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46 before the GTK+ 2.0 migration!), lots of bug fixes, and some new
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47 features for you all. Enjoy!
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49 2.2.2 (10/23/2007):
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50 Luke: Because the main branch of pidgin development is still not
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51 ready for public consumption, I have taken some time to try to
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52 pull the many bug fixes that have happened since then into a
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53 separate branch. This release is the result of that effort.
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55 2.2.1 (9/28/2007):
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56 Richard: We have some new code in the pipeline, but it's not quite
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57 ready for a general release. Instead, this is basically a bug fix
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58 release.
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60 Luke: Unfortunately the necessity of this bug fix release means
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61 some of the tickets that have been closed as part of the 2.2.1
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62 milestone are not actually fixed yet. We have grabbed as many
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63 of the changes as we could while avoiding those that are as
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64 yet unstable though, and this should still be a marked
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65 improvement over 2.2.0. We have spent a lot of time since the
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66 last release looking at the tickets that have been submitted
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67 and many of them have been closed.
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69 Stu: I haven't NEWS'd in a while. I haven't actually done much for
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70 too long also, maybe I'll find some time soon. This release is
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71 basically what 2.2.0 should have been - it actually compiles this
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72 time.
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74 2.2.0 (9/13/2007):
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75 Sean: 2.2.0 contains the results of several major Google Summer
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76 of Code branches bringing some new, extraordinary features. We
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77 have a new protocol, MySpaceIM, a bunch of new features for an
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78 existing protocol, XMPP, and nifty new certificate management
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79 to make sure your IM server is who it says it is.
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81 Ka-Hing: A number of you noticed crashes when dragging windows
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82 around when certain options are enabled. Well, that was my fault,
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83 and Sadrul fixed it. So Props to him and poos to me. I haven't
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84 done much for this release, but the next one should contain
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85 something that I helped work on. Hint: students are cheap slave
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86 coders!
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87
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88 Kevin: I haven't really been coding much in Pidgin, and this
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89 release is no exception, but I will be working on getting our
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90 wonderful web site to be a little more functional by next
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91 release. I promise!
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93 2.1.1 (8/20/2007):
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94 Sean: Continuing our schedule of frequent releases, Pidgin 2.1.1
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95 is out. In it, we've addressed a lot of UI issues from our
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96 experimental new changes introduced in 2.1.0, and gave a lot of
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97 attention to Yahoo! and Bonjour. Thanks to everyone who
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98 contributed.
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100 Luke: We have reworked some parts of the conversation windows in
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101 response to user comments. We did not quite reach 100 tickets
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102 closed this release, so a fair few will role over again. Still,
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103 we are slowly but surely working our way through the reported bugs.
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104 Many thanks to everyone who has helped with tracking down the
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105 various issues, testing fixes, and getting patches in.
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107 Tim: Sean finally got me to fix some of the buddy list bugs with
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108 Yahoo! when in version 15 mode. So now we have some Yahoo! to
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109 MSN support, which is kind of nice. Looks like some others have
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110 been contributing to Yahoo! while I've been AWOL, so many thanks
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111 to them.
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112
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113 2.1.0 (7/28/2007):
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114 Sean: This release took a bit longer than 3 weeks, but boy is it
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115 worth it! We're beginning to experiment with new UI concepts and
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116 this release features a largely re-designed conversation window.
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117 We've closed 150 tickets for this release; much thanks go to all
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118 the developers, translators, and testers who made this possible.
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120 Ka-Hing: Sean said no one else NEWS'ed, so I figure I should.
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122 2.0.2 (6/14/2007):
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123 Sean: Another big maintenance release. Again, about 100 tickets were
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124 resolved in this release, and they keep coming in. Lots of bug fixes,
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125 some minor icon adjustements, hopefully we addressed some ICQ
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126 internationalization issues, and support for Bonjour on Windows!
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127 Our next release will be 2.1.0, and will come with some great new
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128 features.
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129
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130 Stu: I think we're gradually getting the hang of this 3 week thing
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131 again. This release includes yet more bug fixes. I'd also like to
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132 specifically thank Pekka Riikonen for the patch to enable using SILC
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133 Toolkit 1.1 with Pidgin/libpurple that is included in this release.
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135 2.0.1 (5/24/2007):
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136 Sean: 2.0.1! Three weeks later, as scheduled! It is so nice to have
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137 regular, frequent, releases again! This is a bugfix release; We have
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138 fixed over 100 issues reported to us at http://developer.pidgin.im.
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139 Thanks to everyone for their great work, and look for the next release
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140 in another three weeks!
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142 Stu: Lots'o'fixes in this. I don't know how you users find so many
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143 things for us to fix. 24 hours in a day (sadly). 24 is divisible by the
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144 sum of its digits and by their product. It is the smallest composite
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145 number, the product of whose divisors is a cube.
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146
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147 Luke: I requested that we have a bug fix release, and so we have!
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148 Many, though unfortunately not all, of the reports that have been
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149 submitted to us since 2.0.0 have been fixed now, and so you should
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150 all have a much more stable experience with this release. I also
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151 want to thank the many users who have resubmitted their reports
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152 as we close out the old Source Forge bug tracker. If all goes well,
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153 your report will get the attention it deserves as we continue to
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154 work on Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
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156 Nathan: A ton of fixes have gone into this release. The feedback
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157 we've gotten on 2.0.0 has been incredible. Hopefully we've resolved
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158 most of the critical issues with 2.0.1. If we haven't, I'm sure
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159 our wonderful users will let us hear about it. I seem to be
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160 forgetting something...oh, right, I haven't promised any cool new
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161 features in the next release! So, I promise at least one cool new
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162 feature in the next release...you just might have to adjust your
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163 definition of 'cool' to get it.
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164
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165 Etan: Perl plugins now have access to almost all of the savedstatus
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166 API functions. I also removed a couple of the preferences from the
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167 Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin which should help many of the people
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168 for whom the configuration dialog size was a problem. The removed
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169 preferences no longer had the effects they were added to have anyway.
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170
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171 2.0.0 (5/3/2007):
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172 Sean: 2.0.0! It's real exciting to finally release Pidgin 2.0.0! I'm
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173 really proud of all the work we've all done. I'm pumped. And, while
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174 I could go on about all the amazing thing that have been added since
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175 1.5.0, what I'm really excited about is getting back to a regular,
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176 rapid, release cycle of active, open development, unhindered by legal
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177 quandries. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
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178
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179 Luke: We have finally managed to get 2.0.0 out the door, after nearly
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180 but not quite 2 years of effort and fustration. No one regrets more
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181 than I that we were unable to make any of betas 3-6 the actual release.
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182 But at long last, it is out, and life can return to a more normal
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183 state. There were many tough calls to be made in the last 2 years.
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184 Not everyone has agreed with the resulting decisions, that is un-
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185 fortunate, but unavoidable. Suffice it to say that despite what
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186 some users appear to think, a ton of thought, argument, discussion,
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187 and experimentation has gone into this release. This release
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188 builds on many years of experience, both as developers writing the
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189 code, users using it, and in supporting other users. I hope that
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190 those who download and install this will give it a fair shot, and
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191 attempt to avoid knee-jerk reactions.
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192
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193 Evan: One small step for bird, one giant leap for birdkind... except
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194 this is hardly one small step. A lot more has changed from Gaim 1.5.0
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195 than just the name. Pidgin has a *very* attractive new look, a whole
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196 new member of the family (Finch, formerly gaim-console) has been born,
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197 and libpurple has come into its own as a solid, full-featured library
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198 powering the greatest IM clients around. Bugs were fixed and
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199 features were added by the hundreds (thousands?) since the last
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200 major release, all while improving performance and resisting feature
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201 creep. As Luke said, a ton of thought and effort has gone into
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202 Pidgin 2.0.0; I'm proud to have played a part.
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203
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204 Stu: We did it! finally, we have 2.0.0. It's been a long time coming,
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205 but there's a great deal of goodness here. When I say a long time, I'm
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206 not kidding - it's been 972 days since we branched off "oldstatus"
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207 (aka 1.x). The early Greeks were uncertain as to whether 2 was a
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208 number at all (or if we'd ever make this release) - it has a beginning
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209 and an end but no middle (much like our unfortunately quiet development
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210 period). 2 is the first prime number and the only even prime. 2 is also
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211 the first deficient number (oh well). There are only 10 types of people
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212 in the world - those who like our new names and those who do not.
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213 Enjoy!
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214
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215 Richard: I'm very glad that we've finally gotten 2.0.0 released and
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216 I look forward to returning to a more normal development schedule.
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217 Again, a big thanks to everyone who helped in any way to get things
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218 where they are today. Congratulations everyone!
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219
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220 Sadrul: My first NEWS, and on what an occasion! Pidgin 2.0.0 is finally
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221 released!! And it's *really* very good!!! Give your soul a break ...
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222 Use Pidgin!
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223
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224 Daniel: There has been a fair amount of weeping and gnashing of teeth
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225 due to the delays in getting this beast out. I'm really happy that it
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226 is done. I'm also very happy with what we're releasing - I think it is
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227 far more stable, packed with useful features and, dare I say, prettier
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228 than any previous release.
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229
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230 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007):
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231 Sean: Beta 7. The final beta. A few major changes from beta6. For
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232 starters, we have some new names. That's pretty cool. We have a new
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233 logo, to go along with it. And a lot of great icons! As Nathan mentions
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234 below, we're totally back in the open now, having a signed agreement
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235 from AOL that puts us in the clear. We all really regret having to go
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236 completely dark for so long. Anyway, unlike betas1-6, which were of
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237 normal release quality, this one is actually beta quality. There are
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238 a few significant known issues, and a lot of changes that need a lot
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239 of real-world testing. So, if you'd like to help us out, give it a
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240 whirl, and let us know if you run into any major issues.
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241
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242 Nathan: So, the secret is out now. We renamed to Pidgin. I'd just
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243 like to apologize to everyone we've had to keep in the dark for the
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244 last however-many months. I know it looked like development slowed
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245 to a crawl, but in reality we've been working pretty hard to get
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246 2.0.0 out the door, without getting into any legal trouble. I
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247 realize that if we were some big corporation, we'd be getting flamed
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248 about this secrecy for months. Please try to remember that we're
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249 just a bunch of geeks who were scared of legal stuff (well, at least
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250 I was. Scared, that is). The bottom line is that we're out in the
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251 open again, and fully plan to stay that way. We're also opening up
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252 the mail archives from the secretive past few months. You can scan
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253 through them if you want, or I can summarize. "Are the lawyers done
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254 yet? No. Now? No. How about now? No." All lawyer jokes aside,
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255 I'm grateful to our legal team for crossing all the 't's and dotting
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256 all the lowercase 'j's to get us the deal we got. Anyways, thanks
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257 for your patience, and on to 2.0.1!
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258
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259 Gary: Well my silence, and our silence has ended. Finally the name
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260 change is over and done with and we can go back to a normal dev
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261 cycle. Now if I can just get myself back onto a normal dev cycle,
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262 but that's another story all together.
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263
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264 Ethan: Not to be too "me-too", but I have to say that I'm really
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265 excited about the project's new name and identity, and glad to be
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266 out of the legal mess. We're pushing beta 7 with all of the
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267 branding and organizational changes that have been going on for
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268 the last few months, so there are likely to be some snags --
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269 please help us out by trying beta 7, searching for any bugs you
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270 find in the bug tracker at http://developer.pidgin.im/, and
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271 documenting them if they are unknown or you can provide new
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272 information. Help us make 2.0.0 final a release to be remembered
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273 (in a good way)! I'd like to give huge thanks to all of the
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274 developers, our steadfast supporters, the crazy patch writers, and
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275 everyone else who has made this transition to Pidgin possible, and
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276 the improvements that go along with it. I'd like to extend a
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277 special thanks to Sean, for leading us through the legal issues
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278 and taking care of all of the paperwork and overhead that no one
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279 wants to deal with.
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280
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281 2.0.0beta6 (1/17/2007):
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282 Sean: Barring any seriously major new issues, we expect this to be
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283 the final beta release before 2.0.0. This has a bunch of cool UI
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284 changes, some Google Talk features, a bunch new plugins, and other
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285 goodness.
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287 Nathan: Beta6 rocks. That is all.
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289 Gary: Long time no news. My silence will end soon ;)
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291 Evan: My first news! I knocked out a nice collection of crashes,
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292 thanks in part to my ever-patient Adium beta testers. Gaim 2.0.0
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293 is going to be delicious. :)
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295 2.0.0beta5 (11/9/2006):
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296 Sean: Another release in our endless stream in betas. This one's
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297 pretty awesome; and it fixes major bugs introduced in previous
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298 ones.
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300 2.0.0beta4 (10/17/2006)
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301 Sean: Still beta. Maybe the next one should be a gamma.. :)
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303 Daniel: I'm super chuffed to announce that this will work with newer
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304 (i.e. >= 2.8.0) versions of GTK+ on Windows.
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306 Luke: Several significant changes in this one, including no longer
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307 using libao for sound! There are no doubt bugs here, but hopefully
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308 nothing major.
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310 Nathan: I don't have much to say, but yay for another beta!
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312 Etan: I did a bunch of perl work for this beta again, there is now
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313 some support for perl scripts to call functions in the gtk ui, it
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314 still needs work.
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316 2.0.0beta3 (03/25/2006):
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317 Mark: Yeah, I know, another beta. Don't worry, we'll get this
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318 puppy out the door eventually.
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319
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320 2.0.0beta2 (01/24/2006):
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321 Mark: So this is the new year, and I don't feel any different, but
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322 Gaim is getting better. We hope this will be our last beta before
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323 we release the final version of 2.0.0. As before, please shower us
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324 in feedback!
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326 Richard: I'm proud to say a lot of bugs have been squashed in this
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327 version. If you filed a bug against beta1, please test to see if
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328 it's fixed now and update your bug report accordingly (by either
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329 closing it or setting the version to 2.0.0beta2). I'm also looking
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330 for someone who uses Gaim on MacOS X to test a patch for me before
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331 I can commit it. See http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php for my
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332 contact information.
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334 Etan: So I did a bunch of work on the perl plugin since beta1, so
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335 anyone who uses perl plugins would do well to expect some things to
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336 need updating (I'm not certain everything works yet, so please send me
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337 any reports of things that don't). Most of the work was correcting
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338 some namespace issues, but I also improved the support for perl
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339 plugins having plugin_pref frames, and plugin actions. Multiple perl
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340 plugins can now have plugin_pref frames at the same time, and every
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341 perl plugin can have multiple plugin actions now. Like Mark said
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342 above, let us know how this beta works out.
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344 2.0.0beta1 (12/17/2005):
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345 Sean: I think Nathan sums everything up really well below. There's still
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346 a bunch we want to add (and remove) before the official release, but we
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347 really want to start getting feedback about what's good and what's not.
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348 So, please, be vocal about this beta!
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349
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350 Nathan: 15 months since we branched oldstatus, and started working on
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351 the behemoth that is 2.0.0. In that time, we've added a couple new
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352 protocols, we had a few crazy patch writers become developers, and
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353 had a few more people step up to be crazy patch writers. Sean wrote
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354 a book, and we arbitrarily decided to make a version 1.0.0, and a
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355 new versioning scheme. We got new artwork, and added almost 200 lines
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356 to the ChangeLog. We've watched 2 major GTK+ releases, and added all
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357 kinds of features using them. OK, I've wasted enough bits here. This
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358 beta rocks, but it is a beta. Treat it as such, and enjoy!
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360 Gary: Finally we have a beta. There are a lot of new goodies, including
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361 quite a few summer of code projects that couldn't get added into the
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362 oldstatus branch because API changes. We also have a new mono plugin
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363 loader for even more plugin fun.
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365 Richard: Thanks to all who wrote patches (big or small) for this beta.
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367 Tim: Well here it is, the first beta. There's a lot of cool things in
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368 here, but not all of them are finished or debugged. But then that's
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369 why it's called a beta. Conversations are now contact-aware, and
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370 there's a new status selector. There's smooth scrolling on incoming
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371 messages as well. Our Crazy Patch Writers have been doing a good
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372 job too, it seems like we're never lacking some patches in the
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373 tracker to review.
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375 Etan: I know I'm not going to be able to think of all the things I should
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376 talk about here so I'll just go with the stuff I remember. Adding buddies
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377 on ejabberd jabber servers should work more correctly now (it's possible
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378 adding buddies on other servers is a bit broken currently I'm still
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379 looking into it). There are still other jabber issues I'm looking into
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380 with handling of buddies.
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381 In other topics, I finally brought my Accounts menu into gaim, though the
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382 current example of it isn't exactly what I had in mind, anyone with any
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383 suggestions/comments/etc about it please speak up.
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384 Other than the stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention this beta should
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385 be awesome as gaim 2.0.0 is going to be awesome. Have fun with it.
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386
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387 Luke: pretty much everything important has been said, so this is going to
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388 be rather repetative. This is a beta folks, so it will have bugs. It
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389 will crash unexpectedly. Perhaps even frequently. Use it at your peril.
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390 But do use it (though you might want to back up ~/.gaim first), and let us
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391 know what needs to be fixed.
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393 Mark: Yay.
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394
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395 Stu: Wow!
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396
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397 Siege: Sametime accounts created with gaim-meanwhile should merge over
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398 for use in the beta just fine. Some of the familiar settings regarding
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399 the buddy list are gone, so I recommend backing up your Sametime blist
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400 before getting down and crazy. Have fun, and happy early Decemberween!
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402 Daniel: Enjoy! In the hopes that this prevents someone pain... do not use
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403 Glib/GTK+ 2.8.x with Wingaim - it will not work. We're looking into the
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404 problem and hope to have it resolved before the final release.
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405 "Happy Holidays!"
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407 1.5.0 (8/11/2005):
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408 Mark: No super crazy major changes here. Just the usual bug
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409 fixes and some pretty important security updates.
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411 Stu: Buy Sean's book. He obviously needs the money. Other than that
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412 we fixed some bugs with this release (I don't think we did much else).
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413 SoC students are doing lots of cool stuff which we'll hopefully be
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414 able to bring you in a future release.
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416 Nathan: I've continued my streak of doing nothing useful lately.
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417 However, I've now got a brand-spanking-new DSL line, so I might
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418 actually get to contribute soon. One way or another I'd like
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419 to get HEAD into a more useable state in the next month or two.
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420 Also, like Stu said, buy Sean's book. I've been reading and
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421 fixing it for the last umpteen months, so you had better enjoy
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422 it.
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424 1.4.0 (7/7/2005):
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425 Mark: The last month or four we've promoted a bunch of the Gaim
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426 Crazy Patch Writers to developers, so there is now an even larger
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427 team of brilliant and amazingly sexy committers working around
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428 the globe for your instant messaging pleasure. Also, we have
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429 what I believe to be our first contribution from a Summer of Code
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430 student in this release: Jonathan Clark enabled the sending of
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431 files to certain ICQ users. Support is still a bit rough, but
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432 he'll be working on it throughout the summer.
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434 Luke: Exciting times this summer as our Summer of Code interns
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435 start their projects. This is mostly a bug fix release, with the
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436 ICQ file transfer that Mark mentioned and some buddy icon work
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437 being the only real new code. Hence the extra week delay. A
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438 big thanks to our translators who keep churning out updates even
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439 when we give them short notice as well. Enjoy!
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441 1.3.1 (6/9/2005):
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442 Sean: It's been a while since I've done one of these. Welcome to
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443 Gaim 1.3.1, "New Hyde Park." This is, again, another bugfix release
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444 but it comes with two keen announcements. First, I'd like to welcome
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445 Christopher O'Brien to the Gaim team. He has integrated his work on
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446 the Meanwhile project into Gaim, ensuring that Gaim 2.0.0 will include
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447 Sametime support. Also, we're participating in Google's Summer of
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448 Code, which you all should check out at
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449 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/summerofcode/
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451 1.3.0 (5/10/2005):
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452 Luke: This release fixes SILC for multiple accounts. HOWEVER, you
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453 may lose your buddy list (for SILC only) upgrading. This is
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454 rather unavoidable as the previous code did not keep track of
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455 which account each buddy belonged to.
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457 Stu: I'm glad we're finally getting this out, if fixes a number of bugs
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458 ranging from minor to not so minor. I'd also like to welcome Gary to
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459 the team - he's done a great job with Guifications, I'm sure he'll do
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460 good stuff here too.
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461
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462 Gary: Well I got pretty much nothing done for this release. Although I
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463 do have quite a few things in the works that will come to fruition when
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464 I find some more free time.
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466 1.2.1 (4/3/2005):
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467 Luke: Several important fixes this time around. Big thanks to
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468 Robert McQueen, Stu, Nathan, Ethan, and everyone else who has helped
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469 with this effort. Maybe next time we can get a decent chance to fix the
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470 problems *before* they go public to have a normal release process.
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472 Nathan: Jabber got some updates this release (finally). I've got
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473 more planned, but simply haven't had the time to anything about it.
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475 1.2.0 (3/17/2005):
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476 Luke: Happy St. Patrick's Day all. Sean scheduled a release for
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477 today, we'll see if we can pull it off. :-) This release
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478 features somewhat more than just bug fixes, some improvements
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479 have been made to the conversation API which may affect plugin
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480 developers. Yahoo users should also thank Tim and Bleeter for
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481 their efforts.
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482
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483 Etan: I'm going to NEWS since I actually did something this time.
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484 Jabber will allow you to unsubscribe to someone's presence
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485 without logging out and in again, this does break seeing yourself
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486 on your buddy list, but hopefully we'll fix that again for the
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487 next release.
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488
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489 Stu: Happy St. Guinness^wPatrick's day.
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491 1.1.4 (2/24/2005):
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492 Sean: Another bug fix release. A big thanks to Rob McQueen, Ari
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493 Pollak, Don Seiler, and Warren Togami: some packagers who helped
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494 debug a nasty glib 2.6 problem. Also thanks to our own Stu who
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495 found and destroyed an MSN crash and an HTML parsing error
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497 Luke: Early release to handle the MSN and HTML crashes, as well
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498 as the glib crash. Maybe that makes up for having had a 4 week
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499 period before the last release. This one should be the nice
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500 stable release we meant 1.1.3 to be. Enjoy!
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502 Stu: I cleaned up the whitespace in this NEWS, it was bugging me.
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504 1.1.3 (2/17/2005):
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505 Luke: Yet another bug fix release, many thanks to everyone who has
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506 helped to make gaim more stable!
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508 Stu: I fixed too many Yahoo HTTP proxy bugs, I should just go and
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509 write some core HTTP support that works better. A good all round
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510 bug fix release otherwise.
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512 1.1.2 (1/20/2005):
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513 Luke: Another Bug fix release. This one featuring a fix to the HTTP
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514 Method for MSN users and other MSN fixes. A big thanks to Stu and
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515 Felipe Contreras for those. Stu also spent a long time in valgrind
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516 and so this brings you a Gaim release with fewer memory leaks. This
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517 release is on time primarily because I want to see the MSN fixes
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518 make it into Debian and Fedora before freezes. Expect further bug
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519 fix only releases to come at longer intervals, at Mark's request.
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521 Daniel: This is my first NEWS! (YaY) I didn't really do too much for
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522 this release. There are a few bugfixes, mostly wingaim stuff. Oh, and
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523 I like the new XP System Tray icons.
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525 Sean: I'm down here today. I haven't really been paying too much
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526 attention to these boring bugfix releases, but I'd like to thank
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527 David and welcome him to the team. I'd also like to thank Steven
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528 and Nathan from Silverorange who redid the webpage.
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530 Tim: Another bug fix release. I didn't really fix any bugs, so
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531 I didn't exactly do much for this one. The autopackage will now
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532 work with mozilla-nss, if anyone has that, and not gnutls11. (It
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533 works with either gnutls11 or mozilla-nss, but not gnutls10)
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534 I started working on Gaim-vv again though, and I merged someone's
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535 custom msn smiley patch into the 2.0.0 tree, so expect good things
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536 whenever that's released (no, don't try it now, you won't like it).
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537 Oh and welcome to the team Daniel. Of course, he was already on my
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538 Gaim-vv team.
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540 Stu: Welcome Daniel! you've done some good stuff already. Felipe did some
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541 good work on MSN yet again, so you can all use the HTTP method now. I
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542 didn't do all that much, other than let valgrind tell me what to fix, and
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543 a couple of easy bug fixes from the bug tracker. Hopefully Ethan will get
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544 well soon, so he can get back to merging patches and fixing things.
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546 Nathan: I think I made some Jabber fixes, at least one of which is
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547 ChangeLog'd. I will continue to make empty promises about new features,
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548 especially for 2.0.0. Until then, welcome Daniel!
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549
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550 1.1.1 (12/28/2004):
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551 Luke: This bug fix release features msn improvements, drag and drop
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552 improvements, and some translation stuff. Thanks for everone who has
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553 helped with it, and hopefully we can get 2.0.0 out soon. On a side
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554 note, i'm still looking for someone to look at the perl plugin loader.
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555
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556 1.1.0 (12/02/2004):
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557 Luke: Another in our series of bug fix releases, with a slight twist.
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558 Everyone thank Ethan for implementing a fall back encoding for IRC,
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559 it has been much requested and should make a number of users very
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560 happy. See the ChangeLog for details on other fixes.
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561
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562 Stu: Much thanks to Miah Gregory and Felipe Contreras, a bunch of
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563 memory leaks have been fixed. Felipe also fixed a good number of
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564 other MSN bugs. I didn't do much except apply these guys fixes. It's
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565 good to see fixes from Gary coming in again too ;-). I like the
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566 docklet adjustments Christian made. Btw, we have a new MSN protocol
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567 icon, and I think you'll love it.
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568
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569 Tim: I made Gaim binary relocatable this release, so Gaim can find
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570 itself if it gets lost, and I'm going to try to make autopackages
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571 for this release, if the autopackage guys release their new version
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572 soon like they're talking. I also "fixed" a scrolling bug, by
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573 realizing it was all Gentoo's fault. The IRC encoding thing Ethan
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574 did is pretty nice, no more encoding error messages!
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575
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576 Ethan: Rumor has it that I did some work this release, but it's just
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577 that, a rumor. I think Luke started it. I did lay the hammer down
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578 on bogus word wrapping in the NEWS, so you can thank me for that.
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579 Keep your powder dry.
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580
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581 1.0.3 (11/11/2004):
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582 Luke: Not much to see here, some bug fixes that you all will enjoy as
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583 the semester draws to a close and everyone still in school gets bogged
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584 down with projects, papers, and exams. Enjoy! Oh, and if you are interested
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585 in the perl or gadu-gadu functionality, please step up to help write
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586 patches, as both of these code blocks are currently unmaintained.
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588 Tim: I fixed a couple bugs this time. In other news, Kim wants to get
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589 a pet cockatiel or two.
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590
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591 Nathan: I was gonna put a new feature in this release, but decided
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592 not to because I found a bug in it today, and I'm tired. Also, I haven't
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593 consulted the powers-that-be about putting new features into oldstatus.
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595 Stu: I'm writing this at 11:11:11pm on 11/11. Eleven. It's 3 really. Or B.
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596 It's the 5th smallest prime number. Himalia is the 11th moon of Jupiter.
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597 Hendecagon. There are 1011 players on a football team. XI. 16 hours. Eleven
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598 is the smallest positive integer requiring three syllables in English. This
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599 entry is my 11th lie for today.
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601 1.0.2 (10/19/2004):
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602 Stu: I'm new around here. I tried to reduce the number of bugs in the bug
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603 tracker, but it turns out that the only way to achieve that is to actually
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604 _fix_ the bugs. So I fixed a couple, and then sneaked some patches out of
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605 the patch tracker to fix some others. Sadly the bug tracker was not
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606 significantly affected, maybe if I learn C I'll be able to make more of an
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607 impact.
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608
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609 Luke: Don't let Stu fool you, he has done a marvelous job on this release,
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610 and deserves a lot of credit for it. And a number of those bug fixes are
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611 critical ones that he discovered and fixed himself. So go update. Now.
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612
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613 Nathan: On the other hand, Nathan has done nothing for this release. Why
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614 do we keep him around again?
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615
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616 Tim: So, I'm married now, and in Huntsville. I don't remember if I did
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617 anything for this release or not, probably not. Bleeter has been more
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618 active lately though, perhaps we'll see lots of cool things from him
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619 soon.
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620
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621 Sean: I'm down here with the "didn't do anything" guys.
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623 1.0.1 (10/07/2004):
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624 Congratulations to Tim & Kim on their wedding!
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625
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626 Sean: So, if you're playing along at home, you're aware that
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627 incrementing the micro version number means that the API has
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628 not changed at all. Although that itself is insignificant to
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629 most everyone but plugin developers, but users won't find too
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630 many significant changes. Consult ChangeLog. We're currently
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631 branched for some major changes, so expect a really great 2.0.0
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632 sometime relatively soon.
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633
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634 Luke: Nothing much to see here, some bug fixes. Most of the work
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635 is going towards the 2.0.0 release. We aren't quite sure when
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636 that will be, and will keep the bug fix releases coming untill
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637 all is ready.
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638
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639 Christian: I would call this a ground-breaking release, but it isn't.
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640 It seems like a good one, though. I dunno. I've been too busy at VMware,
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641 unfortunately, but have some work that's just waiting to be finished up
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642 for Gaim. Gaim 2.0.0 is going to rock. Gaim 3.0.0 will rock more.
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643 Do you see a pattern? Thanks go out to Henry Jen for fixing up parts of
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644 the gevolution plugin to support multiple addressbooks, and to all our
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645 moms, for believing in us. Or something.
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646
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647 Nathan: I got a new computer. It's fast. And has twice the bits!
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648
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649 1.0.0 (09/17/2004):
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650 Nathan: Hah! Bet you weren't expecting this! OK, if you were
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651 paying any attention to the flame^H^H^H^H^Hthread on gaim-devel,
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652 you might have been expecting this. But here it is, 1.0.0. Our
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653 new versioning scheme has slightly more meaning than the older
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654 one (expecially for plugin authors), but our 1.0(.0) release is
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655 just as meaningless as we could have hoped. Enjoy!
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656
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657 Luke: We've changed our pattern for version numbers with this
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658 release, we are no longer simply counting versions. This release
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659 then marks, not something traditionally "1.0" but the current
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660 version of the api. When backwards compatability with that breaks
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661 you'll see 2.0, more details in the faq. As a side note, if you
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662 are reading this and are good with proxy code or with perl's XS C
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663 bindings, please get in touch with me, my contact info is on the
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664 website. Gaim could use your help.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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665
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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666 Mark: I love a circus.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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667
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668 0.82 (08/25/2004):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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669 Rob: Woah, where did I come from?
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
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670
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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671 Mark: Lately I've been doing a lot more code maintenance/patch
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
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672 accepting/bug fixing type of work. And I think that's a really
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
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673 good thing. I feel like Gaim is becoming more stable. It
9878
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9877
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674 seems like we're lacking fewer features. It makes me warm.
9871
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
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675 Quick Robin! To the traverse wall!
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
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676
9872
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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677 Nathan: Well, it looks like we stuck to the schedule again. Had
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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678 we taken our dear sweet time, I might have had a chance to do
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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679 something cool for this release, but instead I stuck to the minor
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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680 stuff. <insert empty promises for the cool stuff i'll code for
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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681 next time here>
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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682
9873
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
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683 Tim: Lately I've been doing a lot more patch accepting, and a
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
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684 lot less actual coding. Unfortunately it has more to do with my
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
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685 laziness than Gaim's progress. Like Nathan, I'm going to blame
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
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686 our on time release schedule. But that didn't stop our Crazy
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
687 Patch Writers, or cpw's as grim now calls them, from writing
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
688 some good patches. So, instead of promising to code something
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
689 cool for next release, I'm going to promise that the cpw's will
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
690 code cool things for next release, and I might apply some of them.
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
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691
9877
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
692 Luke: I've been doing what I always do, committing patches, some
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
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693 better than others, and bugging other people to code stuff. Oh
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
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694 and closing some bugs. Thanks to Dave West for joining the cpws
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
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695 in helping to handle triage. This is mostly a bug fix release,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
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696 so PLEASE upgrade to it before submitting new bugs.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
697
9880
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
698 Kevin: Herman's been away, so Daniel Atallah and myself were given
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
699 the task of preparing 0.82's Windows packages. After some feverish
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
700 plotting, we decided to update GTK and Daniel prepped an update to
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
701 libpng to address recent security advisories. Besides plotting and
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
702 a little bit of testing, this NEWS is all I really did. Oh, I also
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
703 rerefixed the transparency plugin... again! Our beloved Hermanator
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
704 should be back next time around, for 0.83.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
705
9688
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
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706 0.81 (08/05/2004):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
707 Sean: Three weeks again! Sticking to schedules is awesome! Just
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
708 like Gaim v0.81. This is what we in the industry call a "bugfix
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
709 release." We closed over TWO HUNDRED bugs since 0.80. That's
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
710 awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped report, triage, fix, and
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
711 test.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
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712
9689
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
713 Christian: Yay for three weeks working so well. Boo for me not
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
714 doing much of anything this release, aside from a small memory
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
715 leak fix. I'm starting a new job and leaving my current one, so
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
716 when the dust settles and my schedule is a bit better, the very
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
717 cool status rewrite will be finished up. Especially now that I have
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
718 some help! I'd like to second Sean's thanks to all the people who
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
719 helped with this bug fix release. Gaim should be a bit more stable
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
720 for a lot of you. For those experiencing MSN problems still, we'll
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
721 get that nailed for you soon, promise.
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
722
9690
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
723 Mark: I was going to point out that we closed an insane amount of
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
724 bugs for this release, but Sean already did that. I feel like
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
725 we've had some really talented new contributors contributing
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
726 recently. I won't say names... but watch your backs. Or something.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
727
9691
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
728 Nathan: I did next to nothing for this release. I am however
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
729 settled in to my new job, and in a couple days, I should be settled
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
730 into my new domicile. If the DSL gods are in a good mood, I'll
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
731 have a connection there shortly, and can start being useful again.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
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732
9537
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
733 0.80 (07/15/2004):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
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734 Sean: Three weeks! Hooray for timeliness! I didn't do much here
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
735 but drag-and-droppable file transfers. Drag something into a
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
736 conversation window, and it will be sent. Kinda neat.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
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737
9540
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9537
diff changeset
738 Mark: We have a small ant problem here. I can't help but think
9541
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9540
diff changeset
739 I somehow brought this upon myself.
9540
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9537
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740
9542
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
741 Tim: I don't really have any news, but at least I don't have an
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
742 ant problem either. You might think I've been hard at work on
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
743 Gaim-vv, but I haven't, I've just been lazy. I plan on doing
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
744 some cool things "soon" though, both with Gaim and Gaim-vv.
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
745 Bleeter sent me some nice dumps I need to implement yet.
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
746
9543
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
747 Luke: We have a nice timely release, with a Changelog that seems
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
748 small, but remember, this is summer, and people have lives. SILC
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
749 and Zephyr are making good progress from our Crazy Patch Writters,
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
750 and everyone begging to send files to people not on their buddy
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
751 list will be happy. good stuff. No, the msn buddy icon scalling
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
752 problem isn't fixed yet, maybe next release
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
753
9382
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
754 0.79 (06/24/2004):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
755 Sean: We've moved to a three-week release cycle which we'll
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
756 hopefully be able to keep up more realistically than a two-week
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
757 cycle. Yahoo! went and broke last night, but it's fixed now thanks
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
758 to a quick fix sent in by Cerulean Studios this morning. Reports say
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
759 they'll continue to try to break us, though, so don't be surprised
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
760 if your Yahoo cuts out again.
9543
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
761
9384
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
762 Luke: I was really distracted this cycle, I want to thank my co-
9387
bcdf6a530d41 [gaim-migrate @ 10195]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9386
diff changeset
763 developers and our crazy patch writers for keeping things going.
9384
9bfd0e336c91 [gaim-migrate @ 10192]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
764 We have a fairly long changelog for you this release, including some
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
765 nice bug fixes and some much-requested new features, the ChangeLog
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
766 has all the details there of course. Enjoy!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
767
9383
bb328381a387 [gaim-migrate @ 10191]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
diff changeset
768 Christian: Great release! MSN buddy icons and file transfer. A big round
9388
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9387
diff changeset
769 of applause to Felipe! Too bad about the Yahoo thing, but.. eep! I have
9383
bb328381a387 [gaim-migrate @ 10191]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
diff changeset
770 to go! Movie with the girls and Farmer's Market.
bb328381a387 [gaim-migrate @ 10191]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
diff changeset
771
9385
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
772 Tim: This release brings us /commands in the core, which hopefully
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
773 works better, and Yahoo! buddy icons. Thanks to all the people I
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
774 bugged for packet captures, like Simguy, Bleeter, and odl. Yahoo!
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
775 broke again, so I did a little last minute work on the web
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
776 messenger stuff, but then Cerulean Studios was cool and fixed the
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
777 problem already, so all that code's disabled. I also finally added
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
778 the Yahoo! Japan support, for those of you with Yahoo! Japan
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
779 accounts.
9386
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
780
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
781 Mark: I fixed that icon animation thing that caused Gaim to lock-up.
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
782 I also stepped on something at the beach and I think there might be
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
783 a little rock or something in my foot now.
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
784
9390
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
785 Nathan: I've been really busy, what with having a new job and all.
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
786 I didn't think I had done anything, but apparently I fixed some
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
787 Jabber stuff, and some IPv6 stuff. I must have been sleepcoding
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
788 or something, because I haven't had time for such things. Ah well,
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
789 enjoy this release. We'll see what I can get to in the next 3 weeks.
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
790
9124
4ab8f2b8168b [gaim-migrate @ 9901]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9114
diff changeset
791 0.78 (05/30/2004):
9102
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
792 Luke: A very long time, once again, since the last release. I think
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
793 its mostly worth it. A few of you will still have trouble with msn
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
794 but we've worked out a number of bugs even there. Thanks to heroic
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
795 efforts on the part of Mark, we closed 400 some odd reports this
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
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796 month. We are also welcoming Tim to the project, a very active
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
797 crazy patch writer who has brought massive improvements to WYSIWYG
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
798 and direct im this release. Again, it still won't work for every
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
799 one, but it will work for more people than it used to. Most
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
800 noticably, this release brings a LARGE simplicfication of the
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
801 preferences available. Please don't complain if your favorite
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
802 preference is no longer there. Take some time to think about
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
803 how and if it could be useful to a majority of people who use
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
804 Gaim in ways nothing like you. You'll find that the answer will
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
805 usually be that the preference isn't all that important.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
806
9103
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
807 Tim: I continued with the other crazy patch writers in fixing those
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
808 WYSIWYG bugs. Then they went and made me a developer. Which is cool.
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
809 They told me I could commit WYSIWYG and Yahoo! changes. So I went
1359e5275b3c [gaim-migrate @ 9880]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
810 and fixed IM Image and Direct Connect in AIM for some reason. I also
9106
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
811 added some new Yahoo! smileys at least. Also you change your link
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
812 color in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file now. I might work on some of those
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
813 new Yahoo! features for next release, like buddy icons. But don't
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
814 count on it. Thanks to everyone who congratulated me. And thanks
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
815 to all our Crazy Patch Writers, who now expect me to apply all their
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
816 Crazy Patches.
9103
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
817
9104
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
818 Christian: First of all, congrats to Tim! He's our latest Gaim
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
819 developer, and we're all glad to have him on board. He's been a
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
820 valuable contributor for awhile now. Thanks again to Felipe Contreras
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
821 for all his MSN work this release. He has some exciting stuff that
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
822 we'll be seeing in 0.79. And last, but not least, thanks to all our
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
823 crazy and not-so-crazy patch writers. There's been a lot done this
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
824 release. I've been taking a small break, first due to school and now
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
825 work, but I'll be coming back strong in the next couple of releases. In
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
826 the meantime, enjoy.
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
827
9106
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
828 Gary: Congrats to Tim, no more competing for most ChangeLog entries.
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
829 This means you _should_ be winning every release. Anyways, I didn't
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
830 finish nearly as much as I wanted to for this release but all of that
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
831 and then some should appear in 0.79.
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
832
9108
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9106
diff changeset
833 Sean: I'll write my entry down here tonight. Removing preferences
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
834 was my big crusade this week, and the team did a great job at it,
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
835 but I still have a nagging feeling that our preferences are still
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
836 overwhelming. Everyone's been doing a real great job; it's entirely
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
837 my fault we keep failing to meet our three-week schedule. Send your
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
838 complaints this way.
9108
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9106
diff changeset
839
9114
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
840 Nathan: I really didn't do much thanks to exams, and graduation, and all
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
841 of that fun stuff. For next release, I'll have all new excuses, like my
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
842 new job, or maybe something I haven't even thought of yet. Oh yeah, and
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
843 a big warm welcome to Tim!
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
844
8762
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
845 0.77 (04/22/2004):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
846 Sean: We're back to a somewhat regular release cycle now. Hooray!
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
847 WYSIWYG is much improved in this release, and you can now copy and
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
848 paste rich text to and from Gaim and other applications (see: Mozilla,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
849 Evolution OpenOffice). Also, Novell has released their first release
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
850 of their GroupWise plugin, included in this release. Good stuff all
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
851 around.
8762
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
852
8763
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
853 Luke: Only a week "late" this time around, much nicer than the delay
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
854 before the last release. Anyway, this release sees a HUGE number of
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
855 improvements to the WYSIWYG support, much thanks to all involved. If
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
856 you weren't impressed before, you should be now! This release also
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
857 sees the end of our TOC support, no one has been working on this in
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
858 some time and its causing problems. DON'T USE IT!. Also plugin
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
859 authors will want to take note of the fact that the plugin api version
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
860 changed. A nice solid release for you all :-)
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
861
8764
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
862 Ethan: Once again I thought about doing some things and committed
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
863 things that other people did. This development model is awesome. I
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
864 helped Mark refactor some stuff and our collective code ownership
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
865 helped us utilize a coherent system metaphor during our pair program-
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
866 ming sessions. It was extremely extreme. Look for some hard crypto
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
867 lovin' from yet another crazy contributor in the near future...
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
868
8765
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
869 Ka-Hing: I actually did something for this release... or rather, the
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
870 previous release, but LSchiere2 didn't commit that until this release.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
871 So blame him. System logging is back, so you can log people's signon/
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
872 off/away/idle-ness again. There may be bugs with it, I don't know, not
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
873 like I use it. I will try to work on something that I will actually use
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
874 for the next release.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
875
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
876 Etan: Looking for someone to pair program with.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
877
8768
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
878 Christian: A round of applause to our crazy patch writers! Their
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
879 contributions this release is impressive. WYSIWYG has come a long way
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
880 since 0.76 thanks to them. Also, thanks to Felipe Contreras for his
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
881 MSN contributions. We should see some good stuff going into there soon.
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
882 I myself didn't do a huge amount, aside from breaking everybody's
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
883 plugins, although I have some work going on in the background that will
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
884 hopefully make it into release soon.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
885
8540
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
886 0.76 (04/01/2004):
8548
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
887 Sean: Yeah, it's been a long time since the last release, and despite
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
888 what others may tell you, we were just really lazy. This is pretty
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
889 much just 0.75 again, but, like, someone changed the "Info" icon and
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
890 I think, like, the Chinese translation may have been updated. We did
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
891 nothing interesting on it at all. Others may tell you "we haven't just
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
892 been lazy," or "you guys will find that we've managed to do some neat
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
893 stuf in this one." They lie. All of them.
9102
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
894
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
895 Luke: Okay, normally I wait for Sean to go first, but he said to commit.
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
896 Its been a few months since the last release, but we haven't just been
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
897 lazy. A very long ChangeLog for you all. Most notably of course is the
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
898 addition of WYSIWYG input for chats and conversations. Many thanks to
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
899 DAYS of long work by Sean, Gary Kramlich, Kevin Stange, Tim Ringenbach,
9395
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
900 and Stu Tomlinson for their efforts writting, fixing, and testing
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
901 this. Without the dedicated support of our crazy patch writters, this
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
902 release would have taken yet longer. Sean also has yahoo working again,
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
903 with some assistance from our friends over at Trillian, you may all
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
904 officially rejoice. We also have a large number of bug fixes, closing
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
905 more than 200 bug reports this month alone.
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
906
8541
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
907 Christian: It's been a long time between the last release, but I think
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
908 you guys will find that we've managed to do some neat stuff in this one.
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
909 So many bug fixes and new features. It's enough to drive a wombat mad!
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
910 The new WYSIWYG input is cool stuff. You'll either love it or hate it,
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
911 I guess. I'm working on some stuff that some of you are going to love,
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
912 but I'm not promising it for a few more versions. It's a secret!
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
913
8542
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
914 Mark: Our crazy patch writers rock. Gary Kramlich, Tim Ringenbach,
08081555f214 [gaim-migrate @ 9284]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
915 Kevin Stange, and Stu Tomlinson did an amazing job of tying up
08081555f214 [gaim-migrate @ 9284]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
916 loose ends and helping get this release out the door. Thanks guys!
8547
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
917
8543
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 8542
diff changeset
918 Rob: My birthday is in a few days. I like cool stuff. Buy me something
74a8c841e18b [gaim-migrate @ 9285]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 8542
diff changeset
919 grand!!
8542
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
920
8547
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
921 Tim: Luke said write a NEWS, so I thought I would. There's a room
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
922 list dialog now. And Nathan and I doubled the number of protocols that
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
923 can transfer files. After that I got lazy/busy and let Gary, Kevin,
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
924 and Stu fix all the bugs.
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
925
8551
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
926 Nathan: Rob happens to share a birthday with my sister. So far she's
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
927 been very vague about what she wants. She's not an easy person to shop
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
928 for. As for things you probably care more about, this release has so
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
929 much in it that I've forgotten about most of it. The stupidest of the
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
930 bugs from 0.75 are fixed. Jabber has a first pass at file transfer
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
931 support (no proxy support yet). SOCKS 5 proxy support may have gotten
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
932 a little better as a side-effect. Twinkies and penguin points to all
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
933 of the crazy patch writers, who did more than their fair share this
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
934 release.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
935
8553
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
936 Ethan: My birthday was yesterday, and not on the same day as Rob
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
937 and Nathan's sister. And I don't mean that Rob and Nathan have the
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
938 same sister. For this release, I thought about making IRC better, I
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
939 thought about making Tcl better, and I committed patches from several
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
940 others who actually did these things. And probably some other
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
941 things, too. Let's hear it for crazy patch writers, and for the open
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
942 source philosophy that lets them get so CRAZY.
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
943
8047
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
944 0.75 (01/09/2004):
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
945 Rob: Woah, what's this? Me? Making a NEWS post!? Say it ain't so!
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
946 That's right, kiddos, I'm finally coming out of my reclusiveness.
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
947 I had a pretty shitty few months, and also just needed a break from
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
948 things. But, I'm back, and that's good. Right? Yes. And now,
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
949 a little word from Eric Warmenhoven.. :P
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
950
8049
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
951 Eric: Ah, Rob and Eric. Just like the good ol' days. Now, if
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
952 you'll excuse me, I have to go make some commits with Led Zeppelin
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
953 lyrics as my commit logs. heh. What do you mean, I look a lot
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
954 like Sean Egan? I'm... oh fine, you got me. It's really just Sean
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
955 in an Eric Warmenhoven costume.
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
956
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
957 So, Yahoo! works again, and that's good. And 0.76 is going to have
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
958 something _very_ neat.
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
959
8050
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
960 Nathan: You're running out of excuses to not use Jabber. Our chat
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
961 support is now bar-some, quickly approaching bar-none! Everything
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
962 else in Jabber got neat improvements too. I'll leave it up to you
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
963 to figure out what they were.
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
964
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
965 <boilerplate promises for cool features in $version++>
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
966
8051
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
967 Christian: I've been a bit absent this release, due to life stuff
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
968 and working on some other projects. Some MSN goodies are going to be
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
969 available in an upcoming version, and I have some neat Gaim-related
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
970 stuff I'm working on that will hopefully see the light of day. I'd
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
971 like to say good job to the other developers. Good release. (Of course,
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
972 every time I say that, something breaks horribly right after we
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
973 release it.)
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
974
8053
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
975 Luke: Okay, so Sean rocks and got Yahoo working again in 12 minutes.
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
976 Unfortunately, he took out the chat support in doing so. So use
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
977 conferences for now if you use yahoo. Users begging for file
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
978 transfer support should thank Tim 'marv' Ringenbach for Yahoo ft,
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
979 and everyone should be happy to note that 0.75 leaks far less than
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
980 0.74. Also, a lot of other bug fixes happened that escape my notice
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
981 right now.
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
982
8055
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
983 Ethan: I just want to say that now logging really doesn't eat
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
984 memory 'till the cows come home. We don't think.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
985
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
986 I would like to thank each and every one of these people, and
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
987 I think you should, too:
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
988
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
989 Paul A, Daniel Atallah, Patrick Aussems, Brian Bernas,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
990 Jonas Birmé, Ethan Blanton (hi Mom), Joshua Blanton, Herman
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
991 Bloggs, Jason Boerner, Graham Booker, Craig Boston, Chris
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
992 Boyle, Jeremy Brooks, Sean Burke, Cerulean Studios LLC,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
993 Ka-Hing Cheung, Arturo Cisneros Jr., Vincas Ciziunas, Joe
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
994 Clarke, Todd Cohen, Felipe Contreras, Jeramey Crawford, Mark
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
995 Doliner, Nuno Donato, Jim Duchek, Tom Dyas, Andrew Echols,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
996 Sean Egan, Brian Enigma, Stefan Esser, Larry Ewing, Jesse
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
997 Farmer, Gavan Fantom, Rob Flynn, Nathan Fredrickson, Free
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
998 Software Foundation, Decklin Foster, Adam Fritzler, Michael
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
999 Golden, Ryan C. Gordon, Christian Hammond, Andy Harrison, G.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1000 Sumner Hayes, Mike Heffner, Iain Holmes, Karsten Huneycutt,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1001 Akuke Kok, Tero Kuusela, Dennis Lambe Jr., Ho-seok Lee, Moses
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1002 Lei, Ambrose C. Li, Nicolas Lichtmaier, Artem Litvinovich, Syd
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1003 Logan, Matthew Luckie, Brian Macke, Paolo Maggi, Willian T.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1004 Mahan, John Matthews, Ryan McCabe, Robert McQueen, Robert
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1005 Mibus, Benjamin Miller, Kevin Miller, Paul Miller, Arkadiusz
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1006 Miskiewicz, Andrew Molloy, Matt Pandina, Ricardo Fernandez
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1007 Pascual, Havoc Pennington, Ari Pollak, Robey Pointer, Nathan
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1008 Poznick, Brent Priddy, Federicco Mena Quintero, David Raeman,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1009 Etan Reisner, Kristian Rietveld, Tim Ringenbach, Andrew
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1010 Rodland, Neil Sanchala, Carsten Schaar, Luke Schierer, Torrey
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1011 Searle, Jim Seymour, John Silvestri, David Smock, Mark
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1012 Spencer, Lex Spoon, Kevin Stange, David Stoddard, Stu
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1013 Tomlinson, Brian Tarricone, Peter Teichman, Arun A. Tharuvai,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1014 Philip Tellis, Bill Tompkins, Tom Tromey, Junichi Uekawa,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1015 Bjoern Voigt, Nathan Walp, Eric Warmenhoven, Jason Willis,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1016 Matt Wilson, Ximian, Jaroen Zwartepoorte.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1017
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1018 Thanks, all.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1019
7635
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1020 0.74 (11/25/2003):
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1021 Sean: Christian and Nathan were wrong.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1022
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1023 Ethan: I don't know how solid or good this release will be, but
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1024 hopefully it's better than 0.73! Not that 0.73 didn't rock or
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1025 anything, but for those users bit by its peculiar little bugs
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1026 it wasn't as nice as this will be.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1027
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1028 Nathan: Jabber got some good tweaks, and logging doesn't eat
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1029 memory until the cows come home. Which is good, because they
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1030 said they'll be out until late.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1031
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1032 Luke: Always nice when directories get created correctly ;-)
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1033
7593
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1034 0.73 (11/21/2003):
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1035 Nathan: This should be a really solid release. I fixed most if not
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1036 all of the idiotic Jabber bugs from 0.72, and re-enabled the SASL
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1037 login stuff, now that it is finalized in the XMPP drafts. Oh, and
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1038 we now have a release notification plugin, so you can find out when
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1039 the latest and greatest version of Gaim is out without breaking that
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1040 reload button in your browser. There's other fun new stuff, but I
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1041 forget what it is.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1042
7595
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1043 Christian: This is a good release, as Nathan said. For all those who
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1044 hated all the disconnect dialogs, we now have a {dis,re}connect{ed,}
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1045 dialog that replaces all of them and shows every account that became
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1046 disconnected. Also, there were some MSN fixes thrown in, such as
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1047 the problem with unblocking users. My personal favorite, since it's
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1048 really been bugging me for awhile, is the bug with the border on the
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1049 close buttons is fixed. Oh yes, and let's not forget the new logging.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1050 It simply rocks. This is a pretty stable release, so get it. 0.74 is
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1051 going to have some niceties that people have been waiting for.
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1052
7390
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1053 0.72 (10/30/2003):
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1054 Sean: I think I'll go as the Gaim logo guy for Halloween. That
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1055 would be a cool costume.
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1056
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1057 Luke: We've had a record month for number of bugs submitted (395 as
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1058 of now) this month, but the total number of bugs open has grown by
7393
3bdf8d289f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7988]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7392
diff changeset
1059 less than 20, so while it might be fustrating for those of you out
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1060 there who think your bug report is being ignored, know that we are
7393
3bdf8d289f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7988]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7392
diff changeset
1061 doing our best to look at them all :-). This release fixes a goodly
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1062 number of bugs including the troubles with signing on icq (thanks
7393
3bdf8d289f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7988]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7392
diff changeset
1063 to Mark). Enjoy!
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1064
7392
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1065 Christian: Last release brought forward a lot of bug reports, such
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1066 as the ICQ bug, and also trouble with installing SSL. I can't count
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1067 how many people were confused as to why their MSN plugin wasn't
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1068 loading. Now, it'll load regardless, and when you try to connect,
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1069 it'll give you an error dialog saying to install SSL (if you don't
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1070 have it installed, of course). I didn't do a whole lot this release,
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1071 but that'll change with the next. There are some fun things coming.
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1072
7394
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1073 Ethan: In complete defiance of history, I did something this
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1074 release. It had to do with IRC. If I type here for long
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1075 enough, I'm sure I'll remember what it was... Oh yeah, all of
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1076 you paranoid people can hide your local username by changing
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1077 your IRC account settings. I also want to note that we are
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1078 aware that building Gaim is Harder than it Should Be on
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1079 Solaris, and I am seeking solutions to some of the issues
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1080 there. Everyone remember to give some love to the developers
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1081 who actually did something of note this release (i.e. not me)!
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1082
7397
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1083 Nathan: Jabber got a ton better this release, as I fixed most of the
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1084 bugs introduced in the last release. Registration works again, and
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1085 the next person to break it is going to suffer. I also fixed a
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1086 handfull of other little things that I can't remember. This should
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1087 be a good release.
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1088
7209
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1089 0.71 (10/09/2003):
7219
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1090 Rob: It's been a while since I've commited some news. I've had a
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1091 very hectic few weeks/months. Thing are finally coming together
7219
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1092 again for me. This release features much copying and pasting. Yeah.
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1093
7209
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1094 Sean: I can't wait for everything to be core/ui split!
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1095
7210
234178fd9787 [gaim-migrate @ 7779]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7209
diff changeset
1096 Christian: This is a good release, and I don't think people will have
234178fd9787 [gaim-migrate @ 7779]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7209
diff changeset
1097 too many problems. There are a lot of little nice feature additions,
9395
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1098 and much progress has been made on the core/UI split. We should be done
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1099 in a couple of releases, assuming we can get the remaining two or three
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1100 parts core/UI-split. Oh, and plugin authors are going to hate me again,
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1101 as a lot of code (specifically, the conversations code and utility
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1102 functions) changed names. This is a Good Thing (TM), as always, but may
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1103 require modifications to some plugins. Not all, fortunately, but some
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1104 :) Many SSL problems were fixed, though we still have some to go. If
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1105 you don't have SSL, you now need it for MSN. MSN won't even load without
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1106 it. Starting October 15th, the old protocol won't be supported
7210
234178fd9787 [gaim-migrate @ 7779]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7209
diff changeset
1107 anymore, so there's no reason to support the old one anymore.
234178fd9787 [gaim-migrate @ 7779]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7209
diff changeset
1108
7213
8d8b3ab13607 [gaim-migrate @ 7782]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 7211
diff changeset
1109 Herman: I bet some plugin authors have resorted to making voodoo dolls
8d8b3ab13607 [gaim-migrate @ 7782]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 7211
diff changeset
1110 of Christian. Nothing new for Win Gaim users other than a fix for
8d8b3ab13607 [gaim-migrate @ 7782]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 7211
diff changeset
1111 missing aim buddy icons, and removal of gtk-wimp (until it matures).
7218
5f4bccd8e3fd [gaim-migrate @ 7787]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 7213
diff changeset
1112
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1113 Mark: People are going to make a voodoo doll of me and shower it with
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1114 kisses and chocolate women: When an AIM user is away, you can now view
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1115 the person's away message in their tooltip. This is very similar to
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1116 what iChat does, only our tooltip will wrap lines rather than displaying
7218
5f4bccd8e3fd [gaim-migrate @ 7787]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 7213
diff changeset
1117 off your screen :-)
7211
fab036092ca5 [gaim-migrate @ 7780]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7210
diff changeset
1118
7221
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1119 Nathan: Chocolate women are cool, but I'm a bigger fan of the real kind.
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1120 I re-wrote the Jabber support from scratch, so now there's at least one
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1121 person who knows what's going on with it. I got lost in the old code,
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1122 even in the parts I wrote. It now supports the SASL login stuff from
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1123 the XMPP protocol specs, and will automagically upgrade the conncetion
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1124 to SSL if it's supported. If anything doesn't work like it did before,
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1125 it's probably better, and you should be thankful for it.
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1126
7225
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1127 Ethan: I'm sure I'll be showered with all kinds of wonderful things,
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1128 but I doubt it's because I did anything. The reason being that I
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1129 really don't think I did anything. I meant to do some gaim_
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1130 prepension and documentation for IRC and Tcl, and handle IRC errors
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1131 more responsibly, but I've been meaning to do that for months.
7226
0aa2973f49b4 [gaim-migrate @ 7795]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7225
diff changeset
1132 Except the Tcl part, the Tcl plugin hasn't even existed for months.
7225
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1133 I figure if I write enough NEWS no one will notice I didn't do
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1134 anything during the release cycle. Oh, I did close some bugs. I
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1135 didn't fix them, mind you, I just closed them. With abandon.
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1136 Don't tell Luke.
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1137
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1138 Luke: Mmmm, I probly did even less than Ethan, except I closed rather
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1139 more bugs for other reasons. Lots of you submitting duplicate bugs.
7227
255b3b092879 [gaim-migrate @ 7796]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1140 This should be a pretty good release. We still have a couple crashes
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1141 in ssl stuff, but we fixed a number of the bugs in the tracker, and
7227
255b3b092879 [gaim-migrate @ 7796]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1142 the code cleaning helps alot as well. Enjoy!
255b3b092879 [gaim-migrate @ 7796]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1143
6998
b11b2880bafd [gaim-migrate @ 7554]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1144 0.70 (9/28/2003):
7005
33f9a7b988ed [gaim-migrate @ 7561]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7004
diff changeset
1145 Sean: Yahoo! works (for now). That's good NEWS if I've ever heard it.
33f9a7b988ed [gaim-migrate @ 7561]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7004
diff changeset
1146 Huge thanks to our dear friends over at Cerulean Studios, creators of
6998
b11b2880bafd [gaim-migrate @ 7554]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1147 Trillian, for helping us out.
b11b2880bafd [gaim-migrate @ 7554]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1148
7001
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1149 Nathan: This release also works out most of the kinks in the new
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1150 contact support. The Jabber goodies I promised will have to wait
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1151 for now.
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1152
7004
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1153 Christian: I didn't really do anything except fix a couple of issues
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1154 loading protocol plugins that had plugin dependencies and getting perl
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1155 to install where we tell it to. I had hoped that 0.70 would include
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1156 a finished libgaim, but Yahoo kind of wrecked that dream. We'll see it
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1157 within the next few releases. Life has been busy in a good way :)
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1158
6960
ccc0d9654098 [gaim-migrate @ 7507]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1159 0.69 (9/24/2003):
ccc0d9654098 [gaim-migrate @ 7507]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1160 Sean: MSN and Yahoo! work. That's good NEWS if I've ever heard it.
ccc0d9654098 [gaim-migrate @ 7507]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1161
6962
1ab156496e9e [gaim-migrate @ 7509]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6960
diff changeset
1162 Herman: Win Gaim has been around for more than a year now.. Time Flies.
1ab156496e9e [gaim-migrate @ 7509]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6960
diff changeset
1163
6966
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1164 Nathan: {{Meta,}{Contact,Buddy},Person} support for all! Also, SSL
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1165 support for Jabber makes its debut. More Jabber goodies next release.
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1166
6964
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1167 Christian: It's a good release. The main highlight really is
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1168 Nathan's Contact support, which is just beautiful. My buddy list
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1169 shrunk considerably. As Sean stated, MSN and Yahoo! work. MSN
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1170 does not support the new MSN buddy icons and stuff, unfortunately,
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1171 but we'll see about 0.70. There were a whole bunch of Perl fixes,
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1172 so hopefully there will be less complaints directed to my code in
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1173 that area ;) Among other new additions of mine are SSL support
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1174 (both Mozilla NSS and GNUTLS), Plugin IPC (letting plugins talk to
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1175 each other), and some visual niceties in the Accounts window.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1176 Ka-Hing Cheung put in animated smileys, which should please many.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1177 Yeah, good release. Just you wait until 0.70 though.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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diff changeset
1178
6967
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1179 Robot101: Hi mom. My patch isn't in this release. Watch for the next
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1180 one.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1181
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
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1182 Mark: Metacontact support, yeah. Right click on a dude and
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1183 select "Expand."
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
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1184
6969
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 6967
diff changeset
1185 Ethan: God bless the USA.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 6967
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1186
6685
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1187 0.68 (09/01/2003):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1188 Rob: Wow. I am so incredibly tired.
6658
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
1189
6685
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1190 Sean: School starts tomorrow! How fun! I'll have more time to hack
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1191 gaim (isn't that supposed to be the reverse?)*
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1192
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1193 *Some NEWS recycled from v0.10.0
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1194
6658
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1195 Nathan: I didn't do much for this release, except make Jabber
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1196 registration work, and put in a slight tweak to make Gaim work a
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1197 little better with jabberd2. Next release you'll all see what I've
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1198 been spending my time on, but for now enjoy the fruits of everyone
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1199 else's labor.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1200
6681
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1201 Mark: I've been really busy with other stuff, but I've spent my
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1202 Gaim-time on working towards a more formal translation process.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1203 Hopefully this will result in Gaim shipping with more complete
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1204 translation files. Also, all our awesome translators are mentioned
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1205 in the about window now.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1206
6683
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1207 Christian: I've been really busy with this stuff. Gaim got a new
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1208 signal architecture, which is just really cool. The old events system
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1209 is gone. Now you connect a signal from a handle (which can be
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1210 a plugin or whatever) to a function, and plugins can register their
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1211 own functions, and other neat things. Oh yeah, and perl was rewritten.
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1212 There's a new HOWTO in the Doxygen docs (make docs), but no API
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1213 reference yet. Developers, look at the plugins/perl/common/*.xs files
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1214 for now. I also wrote plugin dependencies, which will be more useful
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1215 down the road. Gaim v0.69 is going to have the new MSN plugin that
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1216 works with the latest MSN protocol. Please be patient for that, as
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1217 we're getting a lot of MSN questions we answer over and over.
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1218
6684
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1219 Luke: Wow, I actually did something for this release besides commit
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1220 translations! Well, sorta. I got permission to commit some patches
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1221 so gaim now has color support for yahoo, and you can fetch some
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1222 basic info on yahoo and msn users. Yay for people submitting patches!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1223
6470
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1224 0.67 (08/14/2003):
6471
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
1225
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
1226 Rob: I live in Georgia. I don't care about blackouts. We only
6472
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1227 have to deal with floods and tornadoes.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1228
6470
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1229 Sean: Fortunately me for me, I live in the only place in New York
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1230 that still has power tonight! New features in 0.6@%f)*2.{\
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1231 NO CARRIER
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1232
6472
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1233 Christian: I guess Sean couldn't be here to tell you about all the
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1234 great new things. New stuff was done! It's simply amazing. Yeah. So,
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1235 new IRC protocol plugin, tab text is greyed on events (like "So and
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1236 so has signed off!"), protocol icons on tabs (thanks to Etan Reisner),
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1237 some dialog rewrites.. Great stuff. Gaim's looking more teh perrty.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1238 My big "wow" thing is that the core and UI were split enough for me
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1239 to remove the remaining UI code and make a patch, and libgaim was born,
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1240 for experimental purposes. However, using it, I was able to make the
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1241 second UI ever for Gaim - Gaim for Qtopia (Zaurus and iPaq PDAs).
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1242 This is viewable at http://qpe-gaim.sf.net/ (shameless plug?). More
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1243 UIs to come I hope! :) Exciting time in Gaim.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1244
6214
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6196
diff changeset
1245 0.66 (07/18/2003):
6194
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6189
diff changeset
1246 Rob: Oops!!!! This reminds me of other silly things that we've
6214
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6196
diff changeset
1247 done. I agree with what Herman is going to say. ;-)
6137
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1248
6185
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1249 Sean: Man, 0.65 was so super lame and boring. But 0.66? WOW!
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1250 This is the most incredible thing EVER. We've done tons of work
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1251 since 0.65, and I'm really proud of what we came out with. Thanks
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1252 to everyone who helped!
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1253
6186
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1254 Christian: Wow, I can't even begin to describe how long we've worked
424103548580 [gaim-migrate @ 6672]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1255 on this one. Monstrous release. Best ever! You won't even recognize
424103548580 [gaim-migrate @ 6672]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1256 it. If you've had account import problems, delete your accounts.xml
424103548580 [gaim-migrate @ 6672]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1257 and upgrade to 0.66. Just, wow.
424103548580 [gaim-migrate @ 6672]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1258
6188
859eda4d3a50 [gaim-migrate @ 6674]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6186
diff changeset
1259 Herman: This is to make up for slipping off the two week release cycle.
859eda4d3a50 [gaim-migrate @ 6674]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6186
diff changeset
1260
6189
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1261 Luke: Okay, people, yes we did test 0.65 for bugs, but hey, some things
b2da4b1d8091 [gaim-migrate @ 6675]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1262 slip through. This release makes up for that. This should fix the bugs
b2da4b1d8091 [gaim-migrate @ 6675]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1263 0.65 introduced, at least the ones that most of you would otherwise hit.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1264
6196
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6194
diff changeset
1265 Nathan: We are so smart. S-M-R-T...I mean S-M-A-R-T.
1440cfa8b1e1 [gaim-migrate @ 6682]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6194
diff changeset
1266
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6194
diff changeset
1267 0.65 (07/16/2003):
6127
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1268 Rob: Wooo! We're finally ready for 0.65. Are you guys excited? I
2ecab9e88b97 [gaim-migrate @ 6601]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1269 haven't worked on anything in this release, either. I've been
2ecab9e88b97 [gaim-migrate @ 6601]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1270 working offline on a MacOSX UI. No, you're not allowed to ask
2ecab9e88b97 [gaim-migrate @ 6601]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1271 me when it will be ready. If you ask me then I won't answer
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1272 you. You've been warned! :-D
0
a5ace2e037bc Tailorization
Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
parents:
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1273
6134
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1274 Sean: Although I tend to go right here in the two slot in NEWS,
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1275 we don't always commit in this order. This is the third time I've
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1276 rewritten this because the jerks below me keep commiting while I'm
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1277 writing causing mass conflictination. Grrr. Stupid jerks. Anyway,
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1278 this is Gaim 0.65. Like other Gaim releases, this allows you to
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1279 converse with people far away over the "Internet." That's about it.
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1280 It's really not that interesting. In fact, I wouldn't even bother
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1281 reading the other people's NEWS. It's all boring. There's some
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1282 crap about forest fires and fangs and claws. It's really boring.
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1283 Great, now Luke just committed NEWS causing more conflictination.
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1284 I wouldn't bother reading his either. Oh, and I don't want to thank
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1285 Megan (Cae) or Kevin (SimGuy). They're stupid jerks too. Grrr...
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1286
6129
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1287 Mark: I actually did stuff for this release. Go me. I probably
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1288 shouldn't speak for all of us, but I'm going to anyway: We feel that
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1289 this release is one of Gaim's best. It should be relatively bug
6135
8a9eb5e7c0ad [gaim-migrate @ 6609]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6134
diff changeset
1290 free, and the code is cleaner than ever, thanks to lots of work by
6129
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1291 Christian and Nathan. We had some help from a few civilians
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1292 finding and fixing bugs. Thanks to Megan (Cae), Ka-Hing Cheung
6130
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6129
diff changeset
1293 (javabsp), and Kevin Stange (SimGuy) for their work. Man, I was just
6129
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1294 looking at Sean's NEWS entry for 0.64--that's talent. Also, stay
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1295 in school. Just say no. Only you can prevent forest fires.
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1296
6131
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1297 Christian: This has been a great release. faceprint rocks, as he got
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1298 things moving in the core/UI split by redoing preferences, which forced
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1299 us to think about how things would be split. We now have XML
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1300 preferences, accounts, pounces, and away messages. No more .gaimrc
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1301 ugliness. The accounts and connection code now have new core/UI split
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1302 APIs, and there is very little to do before our split is ready to be
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1303 used. Rob and I are working off an experimental tarball of what will
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1304 eventually be libgaim. He's working on a MacOS X UI (don't ask him
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1305 about it, he'll ignore you) and I'm doing a Qtopia UI (you can ask
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1306 about that, it's usable!). We added a new protocol, Trepia.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1307 Information about it can be found at http://www.trepia.com/. It's not
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1308 complete, so don't send in bug reports about it not finding people in
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1309 your local area, please. Oh, and lots of MSN bugs were fixed.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1310 Practically all the known ones. I feared 0.65 would be unstable due to
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1311 our rewrites, I believe this is going to be one of the most stable
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1312 releases we've had in awhile (knock on wood), thanks to Megan (Cae),
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1313 who has done an amazing job at locating, categorizing and documenting
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1314 the various bugs she has run into, and kevin (SimGuy). Stay tuned for
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1315 upcoming releases. Neat things are coming, but if it has fangs and
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1316 claws, curl into a ball. Or yell at it. I can't remember which is
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1317 correct.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1318
6133
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1319 Luke: Wow! Finally releasing 0.65! Christian, Nathan, and Mark have
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1320 worked really hard for this release, all the credit goes to them.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1321 The new preferences are awesome, and there are more bugs fixed for
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1322 this release than in the last 3 or 4 releases. Your MSN should work
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1323 reliably again, your preferences saved, your accounts resort, the
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1324 list goes on and on. A couple preferences, most notably your buddy
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1325 list sorting preference won't be imported, but almost all of them
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1326 will be and its probly a good idea for you to take a second look
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1327 through preferences again anyway, alot of you are starting to
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1328 forget that things are optional again. :-)
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1329
6137
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1330 Nathan: I think I did something for this release a while ago. I've
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1331 got a mailbox full of commit emails, and some have my name on them,
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1332 so I must have done something, right? Probably some minor jabber stuff,
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1333 and lots of crazy bugfixes. It was a team effort, I'd like to thank the
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1334 academy, our producer Rob Flynn, and of course all the fans. You rock.
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1335
6157
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1336 Herman: I was told to write something.. so here it goes. Windows users
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1337 will be happy to know that they can now rearrange their Buddy Lists.
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1338 I finally got stuck into GTK+ code and fixed the bug in question (this
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1339 release will include a patched version of GTK+ 2.2.1). I integrated
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1340 the WinGaim systray code into the docklet plugin bringing those nice
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1341 docklet features (i.e. Message queuing) to WinGaim. Another major
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1342 WinGaim change of note is that debug versions of all dlls can now be
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1343 built, providing useful backtraces not only for gaim.dll but for the
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1344 plugins as well.
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1345
6127
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1346 0.64 (05/29/2003):
5562
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1347 Rob: I didn't do anything this release either. We're under a crunch
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1348 week at work. Friday is the end of the crunch. Hooray!! Thanks for
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1349 all of your hard work, guys :).
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1350
5555
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1351 Sean: Unlike every other time we say, "the next release will be loaded
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1352 with cool new features, this time, we really mean it. In fact, they're
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1353 already in CVS (don't use CVS). The only obvious new feature for 0.64
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1354 is buddy list sorting. This has been much requested and can be set in
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1355 the buddy list preferences. You can sort by name, by status, and even
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1356 by log file size--putting people you talk to most at the top. Plugins
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1357 can even easily add their own sorting methods. It's all very cool. I
5559
f8f1586e8bc3 [gaim-migrate @ 5960]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5558
diff changeset
1358 want to thank Luke and Ka-Hing for their initial work on it. And yes,
5555
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1359 I did make my entire NEWS entry justified on purpose.
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1360
5553
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1361 Christian: I have a few new goodies in 0.64, but they're mostly
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1362 back-end stuff that people like us care about. The things that most
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1363 of you will like the most is that almost all of the reported MSN
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1364 bugs were fixed. Users with an empty contact list can now login again.
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1365 The friendly name bug is gone. E-mail notifications work again. Yay!
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1366 We have some big changes in store for 0.65. Careful if you use CVS...
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1367 Things will break. :)
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1368
5558
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1369 Mark: I never really have anything important to add. I'd just like to
717cfc2362b4 [gaim-migrate @ 5959]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1370 thank Jack Daniels for his exquisite bug reports. And whiskey.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1371
5559
f8f1586e8bc3 [gaim-migrate @ 5960]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5558
diff changeset
1372 Nathan: I don't think I did anything for this release. I'm a bum.
f8f1586e8bc3 [gaim-migrate @ 5960]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5558
diff changeset
1373
5403
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1374 0.63 (05/16/2003)
5409
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1375 Rob: Wow, so, what can I say? I've been rather AWOL for the past few
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1376 releases. However, that's okay. Work has been pretty friggin hec-
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1377 tic, so, that's my excuse. Work is finally going to be slowing down
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1378 some. I plan to be doing more Gaim work. That makes me happy. That
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1379 makes you happy. That makes us all happy. Now, I just need to
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1380 finish rebuilding my car's engine. Engine rebuilds put the FU in
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1381 fun!
5403
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1382
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1383 Sean: Yay! School is finally over. I have to give tons of cherry-
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1384 flavored props to everyone whose been helping out while I stayed away
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1385 from Gaim to keep myself from failing again, especially Christian and
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1386 Nathan.
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1387
5404
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1388 Luke: Okay, this is NOT a bug fix release, at least for those of you
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1389 who use MSN. Christian put in a TON of effort rewritting the MSN prpl,
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1390 mega props to him on this release. In other news, we have alot of bugs
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1391 fixed, and a goodly number of the translations are more up to date
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1392 than they were in earlier releases. There are some other significant
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1393 changes, but they are mostly backend stuff, yay for core/ui splits ;-)
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1394
5405
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1395 Christian: As Sean and Luke said, I did a tiny bit of work in this
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1396 release. The MSN prpl was rewritten, and should now work better. It's
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1397 compatible with the MSNP7 protocol that MSN v4.x uses. Unfortunately,
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1398 MSNP9 is being worked on. Bah. Also, it has MSN Mobile support, so you
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1399 can register your MSN account with http://mobile.msn.com/ and people
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1400 can page your mobile device. You can also page other MSN Mobile users.
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1401 Groups are now stored on server. Oh, and due to the nature of MSNP7,
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1402 conversations are timed out after 5 minutes, so you'll unfortunately
5407
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1403 see a message indicating that. Sorry! I wrote experimental support
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1404 for my own implementation of MSN buddy icons. You can set them in your
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1405 account settings much like with AIM, and when you talk to other gaim
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1406 users, they'll get your buddy icon. This will last for a few releases,
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1407 until the buddy icon implementation in the upcoming MSNP9 protocol is
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1408 figured out, and we have support for that. That'll be a couple months
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1409 away at least. Also, we have a rewrite of the plugin interface, so
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1410 rewrite your plugins! Things are going to get very cool from it. The
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1411 debug API was core/UI split, and some enhancements were made to the
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1412 debug window. I think that's all from me. It's been a fun release.
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1413 Stay tuned, I have some great things coming up!
5405
e5d031116078 [gaim-migrate @ 5781]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1414
5410
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1415 Nathan: It seems like 0.62 was forever and a day ago. I had to look
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1416 at the ChangeLog to remember what I did. Apparently I made it so you
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1417 can put chats in your buddy list. And then I tweaked a bunch of stuff
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1418 and fixed a bunch of crashes. Then exams came, and then I went home
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1419 for a week and left my laptop's power cable here at school, so I didn't
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1420 get anything done. Jabber will get all sorts of fun new stuff for
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1421 the next release. Really. ;-)
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1422
5403
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1423 0.62 (04/23/2003):
5193
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1424 Sean: This is just another standard bi-weekly Gaim release. Nothing
f890d4d90f72 [gaim-migrate @ 5559]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1425 really interesting, but it has some good bugfixes. Personally, I've
f890d4d90f72 [gaim-migrate @ 5559]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1426 been a bit removed from Gaim development lately what with school getting
f890d4d90f72 [gaim-migrate @ 5559]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1427 tough and stuff, but the rest of the guys have really been doing great
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1428 work without me. Thanks, guys.
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parents: 5079
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1429
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1430 Christian: I can't remember what I did here.. Think I'll take a quick
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1431 look at the ChangeLog.... Okay, guess I was useless. That's okay,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1432 though, because I have some really cool stuff going into 0.63. Plugin
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1433 authors will hate me for it. A rewrite of the plugins interface! This is
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1434 actually a Good Thing (TM). Anyhow, upgrade to this release, and tell
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1435 your friends. 33 Gaim users can't be wrong!
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1436
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1437 Luke: I didn't do much here besides the odd translation patch and a
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1438 couple bug fix patches. This is primarily a bug fix release, and much
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1439 needed at that. Didn't get a chance to write sorting code, work has been
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1440 busy. Hopeefully it will happen for 0.63.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1441
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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1442 Mark: Gaim is coming along quite beautimously. I'm going to eat
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5196
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1443 my Pop-tarts now.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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1444
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1445 Nathan: oh dot sixty two. There are a lot of bugs fixed in this
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1446 release, and one major new feature. Our Jabber plugin now supports
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1447 XHTML-IM. In plain english, this means that you can now format your
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1448 jabber messages, and other people will see the formatting. GtkIMHTML
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1449 still needs some work to get it to parse valid XHTML-IM better, but that
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1450 will come in time. That time would come sooner if my CS prof accepted
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1451 "I was hacking on Gaim" as a valid excuse for an extension ;-)
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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1452
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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1453 0.61 (04/07/2003):
5059
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1454 Rob: Nathan commited his news first. However, I'm cooler so I'm putting
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1455 my entry above his. Yeah, so, there were some DnD issues with 0.60. I
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1456 blame it on the rain. It was falling, falling. I blame it on the
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1457 faucet. It drips all night.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1458
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1459 Sean: I committed my news after Rob. I'm cooler than Nathan (by far)
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1460 but not as cool as Rob. So I go here. Actually, I didn't do anything
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1461 since 0.60 other than commit some other peoples patches. The one from
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1462 Dave Camp is cool. How 'bout this snow? Isn't that crazy? Oh, and
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1463 thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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1464
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1465 Nathan: You want frequent releases? You got 'em ;-) Chip wrote some
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1466 cool new pounce stuff, and things shouldn't get weird when you drag
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1467 groups and buddies around. It's bad enough having 1 of some of my
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1468 buddies on my list, I definitely don't need duplicates. Being that I
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1469 have class in the morning, I'll just raise my juice glass for this one.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1470
5075
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1471 Christian: I'm not as cool as Rob, Sean, or Nathan, so I go down here.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
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1472 Well, among some of the fixes is my new buddy pounce code! This adds new
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1473 buddy pounce types, core/ui splitifies the code, and makes the dialog
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
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1474 box spiffy. Yay frequent releases! Erm, I can't think of anything else
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
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1475 cool to say here. Have fun, everyone!
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
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1476
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1477 Luke: Okay, i'm probly the least cool, so I'll go last. I committed a
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1478 few patches from other people here, nothing earth shattering though. The
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1479 biggest thing in this release is the group re-ordering bug fix, having
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1480 that fixed will make for fewwer questions. Get used to using releases
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1481 people, we want to use cvs for actual development :-).
5076
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5075
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1482
5078
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
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1483 Mark: I didn't want to write any news without actually having done
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
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1484 anything, so I fixed a meaningless compile warning. Boo-yeah.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
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1485
5077
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5076
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1486 Sean: Luke can't spell "fewer". How un-cool is that?
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5076
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1487
5023
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1488 0.60 (04/04/2003):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
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1489 Rob: Wow. So, it has been a really long time since we started the
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
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1490 gtk2 fork. It's finally ready for public consumption. Sean is about
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
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1491 to go out and buy a case of beer. My roommate is downstairs right
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
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1492 now pouring me a shot of his choice. Everyone, raise your beers if
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1493 you've got them. It's been a cool almost 10-months of development.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
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1494 I hope you all enjoy. Drink'em if you got'em!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
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1495
5024
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1496 Sean: I'm writing this 3 minutes before my 21st birthday. Nobody can
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1497 believe we're finally ready to relase 0.60. Many thanks to everyone
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1498 who helped out; I'm convinced that Gaim 0.60 is the best IM client to
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
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1499 date (only to be bested by 0.61). There's WAY too much stuff to mention.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1500 Even the ChangeLog is somewhat incomplete. Yay, I'm 21 now! Everyone
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1501 enjoy! :)
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
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1502
5025
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
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1503 Nathan: Happy birthday Sean! Rob decided to let me start cleaning up
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
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1504 after everyone, so here I am. "sexy" is the only word that can be used
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
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1505 to describe 0.60. Prepare to be shocked and amazed. /me raises his
cd6e23154510 [gaim-migrate @ 5362]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1506 (shot) glass ;-)
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
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1507
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1508 Christian: Geeeeeze this took a long time. Worth it though! Personally,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1509 I thought we'd all just give up on releases altogether and tell
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1510 everybody just to grab CVS. I'm pretty happy with this release. I was
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1511 able to contribute quite a bit to it. Makes me feel proud to be a gaim
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1512 developer! I'm really looking forward to the future releases. I have
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parents: 9390
diff changeset
1513 some neat stuff planned. Yay, I'm still 19! Mmmm, Sierra Mist. Make me a
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1514 sammich!
5026
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5025
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1515
5029
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5028
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1516 Mark: Whoops, I started drinking a little earlier than I was supposed
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5028
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1517 to. I guess I missed the memo. Hmm, I ate at a restaurant somewhere,
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5028
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1518 I think it was at Snowshoe, and the menu had "sammiches" on it. It was
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5028
diff changeset
1519 pretty sweet. I'd like to give a shout out to all the Gaim
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5028
diff changeset
1520 devizelopers for rizocking the hizzy the past few months. Word.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5028
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1521
5026
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1522
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3305
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1523 0.59 (06/24/2002):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3248
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1524 Rob: I guess Sean is busy at home or something and Jim is asleep.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3248
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1525 I'm very tired but it's time for a release. Enjoy. :)
3334
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3305
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1526 SORRY FOR THE DELAY. :(
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3305
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1527
3335
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1528 Sean: It's been a long time since our last release, and for no
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3334
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1529 good reason either. Rob and I just haven't been able to get together
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3334
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1530 to do it. But now we have. Aside from some Jabber changes and some
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3334
diff changeset
1531 crucial MSN fixes, most of this release's changes are transparent,
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3334
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1532 but none-the-less important. Well get some better changes when my
3336
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3335
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1533 computer works again, you have my word*
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3335
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1534
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3335
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1535 *My word is worthless.
3335
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1536
3248
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 3246
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1537
3241
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3240
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1538 0.58 (05/13/2002):
3242
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3241
diff changeset
1539 Rob: Yeah, so, my computer has been bad which is why the release
a4911e16a8fb [gaim-migrate @ 3260]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3241
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1540 didn't go out on time. Oh well. I would like to welcome
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3241
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1541 Jim Seymour aboard the development team. He's going to be taking
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3241
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1542 over the work on our Jabber code as well as doing various other
a4911e16a8fb [gaim-migrate @ 3260]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3241
diff changeset
1543 nit picking. He likes to pick nits, nats, and umm, knots, I think.
3238
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3180
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1544
3243
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 3242
diff changeset
1545 Sean: This release has a long ChangeLog. Higlights include an
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 3242
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1546 important security fix for MSN and a few nice new features.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 3242
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1547 Not *much* cooler than 0.57--but we're making progress ;)
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 3242
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1548
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Jim Seymour <jseymour>
parents: 3243
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1549 Jim: Hmmm... Rob said I have to say *something*, so here it is:
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Jim Seymour <jseymour>
parents: 3243
diff changeset
1550 Rob's a mango.
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Jim Seymour <jseymour>
parents: 3243
diff changeset
1551
3173
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3144
diff changeset
1552 0.57 (04/25/2002):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3179
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1553 Rob: Not too much in this release, as Sean said below. (This is
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1554 what happens when the bottom person goes first.) New translation,
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1555 a few fixes, secure msn hotmail logins, blah blah blah. As Sean
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1556 said, the next release will be cooler. If only you could read
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1557 our minds ;-).
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1559 Sean: Nothing too special here, but a critical Yahoo fix that
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1560 ensures Yahoo! will work when they discontinue the old protocol
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1561 all the other 3rd party clients are using. Next release will be
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1562 cooler, I promise.
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1563
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1564 0.56 (04/11/2002):
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1565 Rob: Well, what do you know. I have another headache. I always have
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1566 these damned headaches. I got pissed off with the way GtkTree looks.
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1567 I wanted to move to using GtkCTree. I think they're pretty.
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1568 Unfortunately, GtkCTree sucks. After a little digging through
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1569 the code, I managed to molest GtkTree into looking like
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1570 GtkCTree. Thanks to everyone that helped track down that one
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1571 annoying style problem.
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1572
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1573 Sean: Hello. This is another minor release while Rob and I finish
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1574 up on some bigger projects. We're reworking a lot of the UI to make
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1575 it easier to use, nicer looking, and more compatible with gtk2.
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1576 I've also been trying to bring the Yahoo plugin up to date, so it
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1577 will work for Indian users and avoid a potential problem in the near
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1578 future.
3114
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1579
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1580 0.55 (03/29/2002):
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1581 Rob: 0.55 is here. I've been away for a few days on business. Sean
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1582 has been on Spring Break. Therefore, this release is mostly a patch
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1583 release. It does fix some bugs and makes a few thing slightly cooler,
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1584 so it's better in that aspect, I suppose. Enjoy.
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1585
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1586 Sean: This is mostly a bugfix release. I'm on Spring Break, not
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1587 doing any coding at all. But lots of people sent in great patches
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1588 anyway. Thanks guys!
3058
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1589
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1590 0.54 (03/14/2002):
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1591 Rob: Well, here we are. 0.54. We got a lot of fun things in this
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1592 release. Better working SSI, Image sending, protocol specific
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1593 smiley faces, and a whole lot of triscuits. *gobble*
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1594
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1595 Sean: We fixed a lot of bugs in this one, and probably introduced
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1596 a bunch too. ;) We were both really busy, and did all the coding
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1597 late at night when we were tired, so if something isn't working,
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1598 it's probably just tired code. Enjoy the triscuits!
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1599
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1600 0.53 (02/28/2002):
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1601 Rob: Well, we missed yesterday's release. That's Okay, I head a
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1602 nasty headache. You can all just deal. ;-)
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1603
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1604
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1605 Sean: Neat Goodies! Whee!! Oscar got a lot of great additions.
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1606 It can do Screen Name formatting, it can save and store your buddy
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1607 list on the server, it can do typing notifications in Direct
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1608 Connections, and yes, it can receive IM Images! Sending images will
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1609 be added in the next release. MSN and Yahoo! can do typing
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1610 notification too. Hooray!
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1611
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1612
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1613 0.52 (02/17/2002):
2965
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1614 Rob: Well, after a long delay we're finally ready for another release.
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1615 I finally got settled into my new apartment, the new job is going
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1616 well, and I finally have internet connectivity again. You can expect
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1617 us to be back on our usually bi-monthly schedule. Enjoy these fixen,
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1618 as they resolve a few connectivity issues. :-)
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1619
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1620 Sean: It looks like things are back on track now. Eric left which is
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1621 sad. He's done so much for Gaim, and I know we're all thankful.
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1622 Thanks Eric! I'll be stepping in and do more development, but I can
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1623 never replace Eric. This release fixes a long-standing problem in
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1624 MSN. If you've gotten errors when trying to connect to MSN, you want
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1625 this release. If you've suddenly found yourself unable to connect to
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1626 Yahoo!, you want this release too. The "neat goodies" will be in the
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1627 next release ;)
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1628
2967
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1629 Rob: Operation Evil does not exist! ;-)
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1631
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1632 0.51 (01/24/2002):
2934
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1633 Rob: Well, here we go. I FINALLY got around to making a release
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1634 after over a month, Sorry for the delay, all. Things got really
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1635 hectic around the gaim house hold. This release isn't as complete
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1636 as I had hoped, but I promised to get something out. There's some
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1637 neat goodies in mind for the next release, right Sean? :-)
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1638
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1639
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1640 0.50 (12/13/2001):
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1641 Rob: I am tired. Tonight was weird. Bleh!!!!
2818
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1642
2882
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1643 Eric: I second that.
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1644
2815
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1645 0.49 (11/29/2001):
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1646 Rob: *still mamboing*
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1647
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1648 Whew! That was a bad little mambo. I hope everyone had a nice
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1649 little Holiday, if you celebrate. If not, then I hope you had
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1650 a sucky weekend. :-D.
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1651
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1652 Oh, lots of cheese for everyone!! (Beware the duffle)
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1653
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1654 It's getting cloudy. I think it's going to storm somethin'
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1655 fierce. That's my southern talk. Do you like it?
2726
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1656
2816
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1657 Eric: I want to be like you.
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1658
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1659 Do the cha cha cha!
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1660
2720
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1661 0.48 (11/18/2001):
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1662 Rob: Hi! It's 4:12am! I'm watching The Simpsons. :).
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1663 Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking! :) There's not
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1664 too much for me to say in this release. I'd just like to
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1665 thank Eric for his hard work. :)
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1666
2721
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1667 Eric: Everybody mambo!
2656
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1668
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1669 0.47 (11/01/2001):
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1670 Rob: Hi. Gaim v0.47 has been released, as you should already
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1671 know. I hope all of you had a nice little halloween. There are
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1672 quite a number of changes in this release. There are a few too
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1673 many to list here, so I will redirect you to ye olde ChangeLog.
2654
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1674
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1675 Eric: Remember back in the day when TOC was the only protocol
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1676 Gaim could use? Remember the login window from back then? Back
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1677 before Gaim had perl or plugins or multiple connections or
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1678 10 different protocols. Things have changed so much since then.
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1679 Many more changes in this release as well. All good things.
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diff changeset
1680 Don't forget to talk to SmarterChild.
2653
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1681
2537
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1682 0.46 (10/18/2001):
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1683 Rob: Hey guys! The smores were great! I really enjoyed meeting
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1684 up with all of you guys and singing campfire songs. It was
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diff changeset
1685 really awesome. Thanks for the beer, too. Next time, it's on me.
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1686
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1687 This release has quite the number of bug fixes. I won't bother
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1688 going into detail here. Just ust it, love it, live it - SEGA!
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1689
2539
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1690 Eric: Lots of fixes. Things compile well now. ICQ has stopped
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1691 crashing on PPC and Sparc. If you know someone who isn't using
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1692 Gaim because it was unstable, please get them to try this
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1693 version. It's much better, I promise.
2537
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1694
2429
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1695 0.45 (10/04/2001):
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1696 Eric: Well, it seems that the time has come for yet another
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1697 release. There are several yummy additions in this release, and
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1698 quite a few useful bugfixes as well. Unfortunately it seems that
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1699 Rob is currently unavailable; he joins us in spirit. He'll be
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1700 joining us later for a group sing-along and smores by the
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1701 campfire. But for now, you'll need to keep yourselves occupied
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1702 with 0.45. And remember, a happy hacker is a pimpin' penguin.
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1703
2325
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1704 0.44 (09/20/2001):
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1705 Rob: Another release has come upon us. There were actually quite
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1706 a number of things in ye old ChangeLog for this release. I don't
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1707 feel like talking about them here, so you can read about them
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1708 in ... you guessed it .. the ChangeLog. Oh, and if you're
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1709 wondering about setting buddy icons, wait til 0.45 or
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1710 use CVS shortly after this release. ;-)
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1711
2326
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1712 Eric: You should all be using CVS anyway. This has become the
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1713 slogan in our IRC room, #gaim on irc.openprojects.net. The IRC
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1714 plugin got lots of updates (mostly because I felt bad about using
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1715 X-Chat for IRC when gaim supposedly had an IRC plugin), so you
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1716 should load the plugin and join us. :)
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1717
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1718 0.43 (09/06/2001):
2223
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1719
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1720 Rob: Well, I knew that the day would eventually come. I just didn't
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1721 expect it to be so soon. ;-). Yes, that's right, Eric and I finally
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1722 got sick of all of the pre releases. We didn't want to make this
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1723 release an official 0.11.0. We thought that it would cause a lot
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1724 of confusion. We didn't want to continue our trend of prereleases
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1725 either. So, since gaim was first released officially, there
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1726 have been 42 releases. This is number 43, hence the 0.43 version
2223
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1727 number. We're going to stick with this trend from now on. :-).
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1728
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1729 Eric: We're also going to be starting a release early, release
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1730 often trend, that hopefully we'll stick to this time. Hopefully
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1731 we'll be putting out a new release every two weeks or so. You
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1732 should all be using CVS anyway :) And as always, don't forget to
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1733 report bugs! Anyway, since there's only been 9 days since the
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1734 last release not much has changed. A bug-fix release and a version
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1735 change mostly :)
2223
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1736
2185
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1737 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1738 Eric: This isn't a real release. Really. It's just a quick thing
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1739 because pre14 doesn't cut it for some people. Also not counting
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1740 the month break that I took it's been a month since the last
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1741 release, so it's about time. You should all be using CVS anyway.
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1742 Instructions are at http://gaim.sourceforge.net/cvs.shmtl. And
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1743 don't forget to report bugs! http://gaim.sourceforge.net/bug.php3.
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1744
2187
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1745 Rob: Hey guys. I've been rather inactive as well. It's a long
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1746 story, but essentially, my company layed off a bunch of people,
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1747 myself included, due to poor management. I've taken a new
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1748 job which required moving across the country. I'm finally back
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1749 online. Once I manage to actually get a desk at home I'll be
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1750 able to code with out infliciting intense pain upon my lower
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1751 back and neck. So, basically, we were inactive, but not dead.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1752
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1753 Also, just to keep you all updated, the AOL battle is still
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1754 in progress. Our lawyers are still in negotiation with thiers.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1755 We'll keep you updated with what happens.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1756
2057
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1757 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1758 Eric: Wee. Lots of fun things. BIG bug fix release. I did a lot of
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1759 stupid things in the last one, hehe. You all forgive me though,
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1760 right?
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1761
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1762 Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane.
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1763 Remember that. It's a great Scott Adams quote.
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1764
2058
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1765 Rob: I feel naughty. I should have released this a lot earlier
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1766 in the day. I have a problem though. I started cooking, invited
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1767 a couple friends over for dinner and then took a walk to a
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1768 24hr doughnut shop where I sat outside and talked about
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1769 random stuff. Oh well, at least it's still before the 18th.
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1770
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1771 Enjoy this release guys! :-)
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1772
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1773
1967
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1774 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1775 Rob: \O. Howdy doodie! This release isn't coming too far behind
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1776 the previous release but hey, what can ya say, there were a couple
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1777 of good fixes in this one. Jabber & IRC can set / view the topics
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1778 of chat rooms now, napster doesnt crash on bad login names and
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1779 passwords, and the man page got a big update.
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1780
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1781 Well, that's about all, folks. Next release, I hope to try to get
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1782 group MSN chat support added as well as DCC support in the IRC
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1783 plugin.
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1784
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1785 Peace!
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1786
1968
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1787 Eric: I apologize if any of you had to restart your X server because
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1788 of me. This release won't make you have to do that, I promise. There
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1789 were a couple other minor fixes with the buddy icon stuff, it still
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1790 has a way to go but at least it's better than it was before. Oh yeah,
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1791 and Oscar is able to sign on again.
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1792
1913
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1793 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1794 Rob: Hi! O/. My girlfriend was visiting me so I've been busy being
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1795 unavailable online. Hooray.
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1796
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1797 There have been a lot of good changes in this release. Some improved
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1798 dialogs, some updates to IRC and MSN, as well as a nifty little thing
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1799 that Eric did that I'll let him tell you about.
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1800
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1801 Oh yeah, I also got food poisoned by bad eggs. Ugh!
1783
950a3e2be27d [gaim-migrate @ 1793]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1782
diff changeset
1802
1914
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1803 Eric: Every protocol except TOC has been improved since the last
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1804 release. All of them except Zephyr and ICQ now use the same proxy
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1805 options, which you can set in the preferences. ICQ can use them if
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1806 you set it to Socks5 though.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1807
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1808 There are a bunch of other good additions and fixes for each
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1809 protocol which you can read about in the ChangeLog. And, there's one
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1810 super cool feature that everyone seems to be asking for: Buddy Icons.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1811 Right now you can only receive them and only in Oscar, but hey, they're
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1812 there.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1813
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1814 So that's it. Have fun with it :)
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1815
1777
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1816 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1817 Rob: I bought a big carton of juice today. It is now 50% empty.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1818 A lot of the plugins got some new options and/or improvements. I
9395
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1819 have a headache right now, though, so I won't say much. I'll let
1777
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1820 Eric talk :)
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1821
1778
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1822 Eric: I uh. I bought 72 cans of soda yesterday. It only cost $15
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1823 or so. I figure I'll be through it in less than two weeks. A
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1824 dollar a day on soda isn't so bad. For the fourth release in a row,
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1825 Oscar is fixed. Isn't that exciting. Judging from history I'd say
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1826 that it won't stay fixed long; but judging from what I know has
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1827 changed, we shouldn't have any more troubles.
1777
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1828
1782
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1829 Rob: --. .- .. -- / .. ... / --. .-. . .- - --..-- / --. .- .. -- /
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1830 .. ... / --. --- --- -.. .-.-.-
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1831
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1832 I don't have a headache anymore! Hooray! Eric got a good deal on those
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1833 drinks. I bought some bananas. They're very green. Oh, and I cooked
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1834 a steak last night. It was 16 oz. It was good.
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1835
1715
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1836 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1837 Rob: EEP! It's Friday the 13th!!! I think I fixed a few buggies
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1838 in MSN and then added some new features to IRC. I have a headache
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1839 right now, though, so I won't talk much. I think I'm going to go
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1840 to sleep. Next release, I should have a good bit more done on
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1841 IRC and will have made Napster more stable. Have fun!!
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1842
1716
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1843 Eric: There's a new protocol plugin, Zephyr. Don't use it! unless
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1844 you know what Zephyr is, and have zhm set up correctly. Also there
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1845 were a lot of other good bugfixes (like registering for Jabber
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1846 accounts!) and a few neat features. In this release, Oscar is also
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1847 working, but we'll see how long that lasts, eh?
1715
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1848
1651
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1650
diff changeset
1849 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
1650
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1850 Rob: Well, looks AOL was doing something naughty earlier this
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1851 morning. Thanks to a very nice guy named Adam Fritzler (you
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1852 all know him from libfaim) we're now back online. Thanks,
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1853 Adam. I'll buy you a drink sometime :-).
1641
a0b1609d28fe [gaim-migrate @ 1651]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1637
diff changeset
1854
1636
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1855 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1856 Eric: Oo wow :) So I guess the big news is that this release should
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1857 help you avoid the battle between Jabber and AOL. Most protocols
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1858 got a few good bugfixes; thanks to people who pointed them out :).
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1859 Hopefully for the next release I'll make it so you can register a
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1860 jabber.org account, and then you can support Jabber using Gaim.
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1861 I think (I *think*) Oscar blocking is working now. Haha, get it?
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1862 Oscar blocking? It took me a while to get it, too. But no, really,
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1863 I think that the permit/deny list in Oscar might be working.
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1864
1637
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1865 Rob: MSN got some fixes and should be really stable now. It had
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1866 a little 100% CPU eating bug but that's taken care of now. Next
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1867 on my list of repairs is the napster plugin. It works -- sorta --
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1868 sometimes. Heh. As all of you probably know already, our Oscar
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1869 support was broken yesterday. There's a little battle going on
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1870 between AOL and Jabber and we caught a bullet during the crossfire.
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1871 I think I just won the award for the most cliches used in one
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1872 paragraph, as a matter of fact. ;-).
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1873
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1874 ** Good luck to the Jabber guys in getting this resolved **
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1875
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1876
1636
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1877 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
1602
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1878 Rob: Hey! I finally rewrote the MSN plugin. Sorry, I'm just
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1879 a lazy code whore sometimes, heheh. It pretty much has the same
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1880 functionality as before with the exception of instability. I
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1881 didn't really like that feature very much so I removed it. I hope
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1882 you guys don't mind too terribly much ;-).
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1883
1605
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1884 Eric: In this week's installment of gaim you'll find a new Yahoo!
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1885 library and an option to have all conversations in one window,
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1886 in addition to numerous bug fixes and other improvements. Don't
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1887 forget to send us your feedback. If there's something you want
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1888 added, changed, or fixed, head over to our SourceForge page at
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1889 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ and tells us about it.
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1890
1602
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1891
1538
0666792081aa [gaim-migrate @ 1548]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1513
diff changeset
1892 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
1540
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1893 Eric: Yay! I get to go first!
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1894
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1895 The biggest change in this release is the TODO file. Lots of things
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1896 got added. There's going to be a lot of prereleases. Please help.
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1897 Other than that it's mostly just a lot of bugfixes. Oscar got a few
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1898 new features. Head on over to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1899 and tell us what you'd like to see in gaim. We've gotten a lot of
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1900 great requests so far, thanks.
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1901
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1902 I think I like releasing every week.
1538
0666792081aa [gaim-migrate @ 1548]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1513
diff changeset
1903
1541
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1904 Rob: I've been bad so Eric got to go first. The biggest change
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1905 In this release is the NEWS file. It's the only thing I contributed
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1906 to! heh, just kidding. This is a bug fix release, as Eric said.
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1907 Next release will contain my newly rewritten MSN plugin. You guys
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1908 should be happy with it :).
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1909
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1910 Oh yeah, TUCAN rocks :) Oh yeah, Eric rocks too.
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1911
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1912
1513
865e06ec5be0 [gaim-migrate @ 1523]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1510
diff changeset
1913 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1914 Rob: Yeah, I promise this is the last pre-release :-D. That seems
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1915 to be a pretty common saying around here, huh? Well, I must first
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1916 appologize. The protocols that I was working on really should be
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1917 much more developed at this point -- they should be completed,
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1918 actually. Unfortunately, my real life job (yes, I have one hehe) got
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1919 a little too busy and ate up all of my free time. I promise that
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
1920 things will get better now :).
1386
f8f9c68960ea [gaim-migrate @ 1396]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1362
diff changeset
1921
1501
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
1922 Eric: I don't promise that this is the last pre-release. :) But
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
1923 hopefully releases can start coming more often than once every two
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
1924 months. I don't really have much else to say. It's been a slow
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
1925 couple of months.
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
1926
1510
044e94674a0d [gaim-migrate @ 1520]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1501
diff changeset
1927 Rob: I promise to hack gaim again. Please don't hate me.
044e94674a0d [gaim-migrate @ 1520]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1501
diff changeset
1928
1362
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1929 0.11.0-pre4:
1291
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1290
diff changeset
1930 Rob: HOORAY FOR DISNEYLAND!
ddfb2f68c590 [gaim-migrate @ 1301]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1290
diff changeset
1931
1362
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1932 Eric: One more prerelease. I'm actually starting to think these
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1933 prereleases are a good idea; a lot of people reported a lot of
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1934 bugs in pre3 and most of them are fixed now. Also, it helps with
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1935 the whole release early-release often philosophy.
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1936
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1937 The big news in this prerelease is two more protocols: Jabber and
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1938 Napster. Both of them don't have any of the features that make
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1939 these services cool, yet. You can't use the transports in Jabber
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1940 and you can't download file in Napster. But you will be able to,
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1941 soon :)
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1942
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1943 Rob and I are going on vacation starting today until after New
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1944 Year's, which is a lot of the reason we wanted to get this release
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1945 out; it's much improved over pre3. Happy Holidays everyone.
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
1946
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1947 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
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1948 Rob: Well, I hadn't initially planned on an 0.11.0pre3 but it
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1949 looks like it was needed. That's not necessarially a bad thing,
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1950 mind you. It just means you get to see more goodies!
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1951
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1952 This release includes some other fun features. See the ChangeLog
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1953 for more information. Also found in this wonderful release is
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1954 an MSN plugin. For all of you who have been holding onto Windows
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1955 simply because you have friends on MSN Messenger that you don't want
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1956 to leave, this plugin is for you! :)
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1957
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1958 Guys, make sure you send us bug reports; preferably on the
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1959 SourceForge bug report forum at
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1960 http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/. This will allow both
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1961 Eric and I to handle the bugs and will prevent either one of us
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1962 from losing the bug reports that are sent via AIM :-)
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1963
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1964 Eric: Hey everybody, Rob and I really want to hear what you guys want
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1965 to see in gaim. Head over to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim and
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1966 leave a message in the Open Discussion forum. We've gotten a lot of
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1967 good ideas so far (most of them didn't make it into this release,
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1968 unfortunately).
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1969
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1970 If any of you want to test out your mad coding skills, I can think of
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1971 a few projects that would be incredibly useful. Send me or Rob an IM
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1972 and we'll let you know how you can help. And don't forget to read the
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1973 HACKING file to see how gaim's put together.
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1974
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1975 This is hopefully going to be the last prerelease; now that all the
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1976 protocols that we're going to be doing for 0.11.0 are available it's
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1977 mostly just going to be hacking on them and getting them in usable
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1978 condition before the final release. Don't forget to send us bug
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1979 reports ;)
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1980
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1981 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
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1982 Rob: I messed up. Oh well, it's fixed.
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1983
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1984 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
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1985 Rob: Hey guys! Guess what!? Yup, you're correct! It's the pre1
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1986 release of 0.11.0. We have all sorts of goodies in this release!
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1987 Check out the ChangeLog file. As always if you find any bugs,
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1988 please report them on www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/
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1989
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1990 You may find several small bugs as this is still a prerelease.
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1991
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1992 You may want to note that my IRC plugin does not have full
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1993 functionality as of yet. All of the important / commands will be
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1994 added before the final release. Also, if someone could send me
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1995 some good buddylist pixmaps for the irc plugin then I'd much
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1996 appreciate it. Thanks to everyone who made this new release possible!
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1997
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1998 If you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions, please let us know
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1999 either by e-mail or via the source forge message board at the URL
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2000 above. :)
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2001
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2002
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2003 Eric: So what was Yay! For Gaim!? Yay was the codename for the
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2004 Yahoo plugin. The whole point of all of these changes was I wanted to
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2005 make a proof-of-concept plugin that would let Gaim sign into Yahoo. It
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2006 turned out to be pretty much impossible with the old code. So,
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2007 Rob and I hacked gaim so we could do just that. There's now a whole new
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2008 class of plugins, Protocol Plugins, that let users dynamically add new
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2009 protocols to Gaim. Just load the plugin, and create a new account that
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2010 uses that protocol, and you're set! Yay! (Oscar and TOC are both still
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2011 static. Gaim is, after all, primarily an AIM client.)
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2012
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2013 Lots of people have been very generous and contributed a lot of
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2014 time and effort to writing some really nice patches for gaim since
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2015 the last release. To all of you, a big thanks.
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2016
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2017 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
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2018 Rob: I am dumb.
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2019 Eric: I am not dumb.
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2020
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2021 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
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2022 Rob: What do you want me to say for yours?
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2023 Eric: What happened since the last release?
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2024 Rob: You got DSL.
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2025 Eric: Oh yeah, I'm more available now.
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2026 Rob: On a more serious note, this is just a quick release
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2027 to hold everyone over. Look for some very awesome things
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2028 coming in the next version. I can't say what, just yet,
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2029 but what I can say is, Yay! For Gaim!
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2030
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2031 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
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2032
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2033 Rob: Hi Hi Hi! Yet another gaim release pushed out the door
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2034 for you guys. I hope you all enjoy it. There was a few minor
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2035 issues cleared up in this version as well as the repair of
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2036 OSCAR support. Hopefully we won't run into the same problem
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2037 as before. Oh well ;-). There's also a few small extra goodies
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2038 in here for you guys just check out the Change Log. I hope you all
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2039 enjoy and take care!
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2040
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2041 Eric: Wanna know what the Oscar problem was? You'll laugh. 2 bytes.
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2042 The fix was changing 0x07da to 0x0686. Anyway, aside from the fix
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2043 for that, there are a couple other good things. Beware of DSL nazis.
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2044 They won't give you service until 6 weeks after you order it. So um,
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2045 yeah.
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2046
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2047 0.10.0 (09/11/2000):
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2048 Rob: Well peoples, I know that it's been a while since our
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2049 last release. Here we go. Some brand spankin' new interfaces
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2050 for you guys to oogle at. I hope you all enjoy it. Hopefully
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2051 our next release won't take as long to finish up. Real life
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2052 kind of crept up on Eric and I and took up a lot of our times.
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2053 Life sucks that way sometimes. Anyways, we're back and all
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2054 is well. Thanks for hanging in there guys and we hope
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2055 you enjoy it!
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2056
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2057 Eric: LWE was so cool. Rob and I met up there, we had a blast. But I
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2058 only got to go for one day and Rob got to go for three. Lucky bastard.
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2059 It's been so long since the last release that I don't even remember
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2060 what's changed. But all of it is good :) Like Rob said, all kinds of
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2061 new UI stuff. I think there are some new features in there too. Now
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2062 I'm headed back to school so I'll have more time to hack gaim (isn't
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2063 that supposed to be the reverse?), just as soon as I get my internet
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2064 connection back >:-/ .
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2065
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2066 Rob: Oh yeah, some of our pixmaps may need a little work. We took
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2067 a lot of them from the Gnome Stock icons. If anyone could do some
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2068 custom ones that stay within the 24x24 boundary and keep the same
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2069 idea and feel as the gnome icons then we would be more than happy
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2070 to use them. Thanks much!! Viva la LWE.
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2071
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2072
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2073 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
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2074 Rob: Well, guys, I hope you enjoy this version. I've done quite a bit
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2075 of work to the user interface. It's still not in the state that I
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2076 would like it to be, though. Over the next few versions you will
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2077 notice a few more interface changes as we try to bring a more
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2078 professional look to Gaim. As always, we will stay true to our
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2079 pimpin' penguin atittude.
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2080
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2081 Eric: While Rob's been busy making things pretty, I've been busy
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2082 making things work :). The chat and IM windows got merged, which
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2083 means that they both have the same features (notably, IM has /me
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2084 and chat has font/color dialogs and smileys). Also smileys should
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2085 work better in general now (thanks fflew).
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2086
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2087 Rob: By the way, what Eric is saying is that he's smart and I'm
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2088 not and that he does all of the work and I sit on my butt all
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2089 day and claim to do work. WOOO! Just kidding, brother :-P
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2090
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2091
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2092 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
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2093 Rob: PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
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2094 PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
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2095 PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
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2096
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2097 All of that nonsense aside, there are a few things that DIDN'T happen
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2098 in this version of gaim. The user interface changes will wait until
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2099 the 0.9.20 release. We've decided to turn 0.9.19 into a "new feature
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2100 and major bug fix" release. All/Most major bugs should be worked out
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2101 now. We're sorry about the problem of segfaulting when your buddylist
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2102 stored on the server was null. Oops! We won't let it happen again,
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2103 we promise.
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2104
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2105 Eric: Lots of good changes in this one, including locale support. Chat
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2106 had a lot of things done to it, but it's still not finished. The UI
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2107 didn't get the overhaul we were planning, but we wanted to get a few
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2108 bugfixes out.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2109
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2110 Lemme say something about reporting bugs. Please do. Please try to give
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2111 as much information as you can. But regardless of how much information
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2112 you give, please be POLITE. If you tell us our software is crap then
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2113 we're probably not going to respond well.
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2114
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2115 Rob: Before I close up and say goodnight, I'd like to say that I
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2116 agree with Eric. Reporting problems and/or helpful criticism in
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2117 a polite manner always yields the best results. Peace all, and
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2118 happy hacking.
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2119
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2120 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
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2121 Rob: Talk about release early, release often - sheesh! We're going
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2122 insane. Ya know, I'm not too happy with the Gaim UI. I dont know
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2123 how the rest of you feel but it's time for a nice overhaul. In the
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2124 next few days I'll be sitting down with some of my friends and coming
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2125 up with an improved interface. I hope you all enjoy it. It'll
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2126 include better looking dialogs, icons, sounds (hopefully lol), etc.
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2127
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2128 And -- for your random silly message of the day --
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2129
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2130 "Beans and Franks, Beans and Franks, Wine And Beer, Have No Fear!
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2131 I can sing! I can dance! I have a penguin in my pants!"
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2132
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2133 - Rob Flynn after not having enough sleep.
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2134
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2135 Eric: I've had less sleep than Rob, I can guarantee you that. There's
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2136 actually a lot going on in this release, despite 2 releases 2 days ago.
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2137 Don't ask me how; I think the elves had something to do with it.
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2138
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2139 Oscar support is almost to the point where I'm considering removing
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2140 the 'experimental' label from configure. For those of you brave enough
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2141 to try it, I'd like feedback. (And if you happen to write a patch to
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2142 fix some of the stuff that would be really cool too.) Hopefully for the
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2143 next release, in addition to the cool new UI, Gaim/Faim will be able to
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2144 do nearly everything Gaim/TOC can do. (Big things coming in 0.9.19, I
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2145 can feel it....)
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2146
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2147 And just remember, you *can* have too many gummi candies. Especially if
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2148 you eat nearly a whole kilo of them. Believe me. I know. But the gummi
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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diff changeset
2149 cherries are damn good.
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2150
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2151 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
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2152 Rob: I am an e-mail fiend!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2153 (after receiving 60 emails within a 5 minute period about a problem
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2154 and responding to all of them immediately)
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2155
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2156 I am stupid.
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2157
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2158 Eric: Heh heh. 2 releases in one day. I'm impressed. Maybe one of these
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2159 times we'll actually get some of it right ;) Anyway, yeah. Just bug fixes in
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2160 this one.
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2161
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2162 Rob: Yeah, we wouldn't be ourselves if we released it once and got it
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2163 right, would we? :-)
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2164
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2165 0.9.16:
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2166 Rob: Blah Blah Blah.
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2167
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2168 Eric: Looks like Rob didn't have much to say, so I'll write something
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2169 instead :)
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2170
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2171 There's a few good things in this release, the most important of them
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2172 being: Better proxy support, of course. Oh yeah, and you can sign on now,
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2173 so that's a good thing too. There's a few more good things going on in this
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2174 release, so check out the ChangeLog.
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parents: 291
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2175
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
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2176 Play nicely, and we'll keep hacking away at it.
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2177
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2178 Rob: Go Watch `Road Trip'.
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2179
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2180 0.9.15:
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2181 Hey boy's and girls. There's not much to say here this time.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2182 We're loving Southern California, the new job's going great. We just
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2183 got our company website up and the product development is going pretty
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2184 smooth. Life's pretty sweet now.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2185
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2186 We've hacked up all kinds of goodies for you in 0.9.15. There's
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2187 some file transfer (receive) support for those of you who have been
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 170
diff changeset
2188 wanting it for a while. There's some other misc. goodies tossed in as
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2189 well. Enjoy!! Oh yeah, we need a new website. Come up with a sweet
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2190 design and get in touch with me. The current site is at:
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2191 http://www.marko.net/gaim
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2192
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2193 Thanks much!
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2194
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2195
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2196 0.9.14:
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2197 Well, there's a few random hacks and fixes in here, along with
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2198 a little suprise. You guessed it, kiddos, support for plugins! Happy
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2199 hacking!
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2200
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2201 0.9.13:
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2202 Not much to say for this release. Bug fixes, That's all. Look
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2203 for the goodies I promised in 0.9.13 to appear in 0.9.14 which should be
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2204 released very soon now.
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2205
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2206 By the way, our CVS is now hosted over at source forge. Go check
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2207 it out at http://www.sourceforge.net. Please check there before submitting
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2208 any bug reports (You can read our CVS comments to see if we have fixed any
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2209 problems).
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2210
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2211 0.9.12:
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2212 Well guys, looks like we got some nifty things in this version.
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diff changeset
2213 TrueType Fonts are supported for those XFSTT buffs out there (or whatever
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2214 else you use). A crap load of those plaguing memory leaks have FINALLY been
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2215 fixed. My brother, Jeramey, and a new friend Peter Teichan helped stomp
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2216 those babies out. A rad guy by the name of Eric Warmenhoven has been
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2217 really sweet lately and has all but rewritten the Gnome Applet support :).
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2218 He submitted patch after patch. I finally got annoyed with him (just kidding bud)
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2219 and gave him CVS access. Look for Gnome Applet support in Gaim to start improving.
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2220 That's about all for now. I wanted to get this release out there. File Receive
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2221 support will be in 0.9.13 which is due out soon.
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2223 0.9.11:
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2224 Jeramey got a new Comfy Chair! Its very very comfy! Whee!
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2225 Jim also had a little hyper-drunken moment and started hacking away at
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2226 a new configuration format for Gaim. Looks like we're running .gaimrc
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2227 version 1 now. Gotta love it. I got bored and hacked in a couple font
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2228 properties that will, in time, contain more features. That's about it
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2229 for this version -- cept for that memory leak we fixed. Shush! We're
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2230 not plumbers! -- rob
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2231
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2232 ** Extra special update **
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2233
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2234 Well guys, it looks like we all stopped working on gaim, moved to California,
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2235 and took up a new job. Don't worry though, those beach bums out here havent
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2236 worn off on us yet. I've decided to pick up the Gaim torch myself and continue
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2237 development ont he prohect. Hopefully we wont have any more five month braks in
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2238 the project. Sorry about that, guys :)
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2239
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2240 0.9.10:
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2241 Umm. Dont ask. Silly memory leak. For those of you who
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2242 wondered, you were losing about 256 bytes every 25 seconds for each
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2243 person you have on your contact list. Make fun of us. Better yet ..
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2244 Send us beer. We'll do better :)
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2245
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2246 0.9.9:
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2247 Welp, All of you boys and girls who run Mandrake and have some
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2248 problems with Gaim working properly, please check out the FAQ file. It
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2249 contains a nice fix submitted by one of our users. I hope this works for
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2250 you guys!
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2251 Jim appears to have intoxicated himself. This is, as always, a
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2252 Good Thing (tm). His late-night adventure with the liquid-bread food group
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2253 lead to the birth of a nice little feature called `The Lag-O-Meter'. Dont
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2254 ask, just try it out :). It is pretty pointless if you have a super-fast
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2255 connection but if you are a modem user, like many of us are, then try it out.
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2256 There's also some idle preferences and some other little random
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2257 bug fixes. Check'em out yo :)
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2258
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2259 0.9.8:
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2260 Get Along Lil' Doggies. Heh. Looks like we have yet another new
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2261 version of gaim for you guys to play with. Be gentle now, it has a few
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2262 new fetures. The HTML widget is now more robust and we have *da da da*
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2263 HTTP proxy support.
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2264 Oh By The Way, Do not pay too much attention to what we are doing
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2265 with this release. We are all a little bit happy tonight. You must love
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2266 life. This is a special release of gaim. We will be releasing some wonderful
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2267 photographs soon .. or perhaps if we get the bloody webcam working then we
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2268 will take a couple of quick snapshots.
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2269 Looks like the Gaim developers convention (cool name huh) that we
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2270 had this weekend in Auburn, AL went wonderfully :). yum yum yum. Hahahah. Oh
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2271 by the way. Beware of insecure rednecks in the deli. Bad things.
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2272 In (non)related news, Jeramey could not successfully slaughter the
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2273 one pound hamburger that he ordered. (I think he could have done it but he
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2274 wasn't feeling very well at the time).
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2275 Oh Yes, New Logo Too :) You likes? Thanks, Naru!
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2276 Just a little side-note: it looks like we didnt make the release that
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2277 we had expected during the Gaim Convention. Maybe we partied too much? I am
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2278 not sure. I remember watching the sun rise before I went to bed, though.
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2279 Oh well. Here's your release! Enjoy!
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2280 By The Way, we have uploaded our party pictures to a website.
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2281 http://www.dorky.net/gaim/party/ They are nothing spectacular but I hope you
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2282 enjoy them! :).
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2283
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2284 0.9.7:
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2285 Well, boys and girls, it's that time again! Yup, time for the good
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2286 release fairy to come bless us with her infinite wisdom and divine presence.
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2287 Umm, yeah, something like that. Anyways, this release has several little
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2288 "bad" network fixes (as Jim likes to say) and a couple touch-ups to a few
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2289 other features. It also features preliminary oscar support. Thanks to Jim
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2290 and Adam ("the libfaim guy") hehe :) We have also corrected a problem with
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2291 gaim not wainting to correctly save your password if you have an underscore
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2292 in it. Thanks to w1za7d for pointing out the underscore problem. ' and \
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2293 have also been fixed in passwords. :o)
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2294
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2295 0.9.6:
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2296 Sorry about the little segfaulting bugs in the past release. Rob
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2297 is stupid. :). Anyways, they have been patched up and a couple new features
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2298 have been added. I hope you guys enjoy.
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2299
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2300 0.9.5:
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2301 Well we added a myriad of new features to this release. (A lot of
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2302 small buggie fixes too.) If you need a detailed list just check out the
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2303 ChangeLog. We now have a new webpage design and have added a FAQ to the
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2304 distribution. Before coming to us with any problems please take a quick
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2305 look through the FAQ to make sure we havent already covered your question.
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2306 Also, thanks to our beloved Web Monkey, FlynOrange, we have all
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2307 learned the true power of foam weapons, slinkies, and whoopie cushions. Hmm
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2308 gotta love those pranks, eh?
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2310 0.8.0:
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2311 Well, just starting the NEWS file. I'll try to remember what's new
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2312 from the last version. Hmmm. BIG code reorg. Import/export, buddy pounce
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2313 among the major new features. Autoconf script too, which is a big win.
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2314 Apologies to those who submitted patches which haven't made it in.. I
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2315 promise, the next version! This code reorg took up a lot of my time, and I
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2316 want to get it out there.
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2317