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author Jeffrey Connelly <jaconnel@calpoly.edu>
date Wed, 30 May 2007 02:56:25 +0000
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1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul 1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul
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3 2.0.1 (5/24/2007):
4 Sean: 2.0.1! Three weeks later, as scheduled! It is so nice to have
5 regular, frequent, releases again! This is a bugfix release; We have
6 fixed over 100 issues reported to us at http://developer.pidgin.im.
7 Thanks to everyone for their great work, and look for the next release
8 in another three weeks!
9
10 Stu: Lots'o'fixes in this. I don't know how you users find so many
11 things for us to fix. 24 hours in a day (sadly). 24 is divisible by the
12 sum of its digits and by their product. It is the smallest composite
13 number, the product of whose divisors is a cube.
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15 Luke: I requested that we have a bug fix release, and so we have!
16 Many, though unfortunately not all, of the reports that have been
17 submitted to us since 2.0.0 have been fixed now, and so you should
18 all have a much more stable experience with this release. I also
19 want to thank the many users who have resubmitted their reports
20 as we close out the old Source Forge bug tracker. If all goes well,
21 your report will get the attention it deserves as we continue to
22 work on Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
23
24 Nathan: A ton of fixes have gone into this release. The feedback
25 we've gotten on 2.0.0 has been incredible. Hopefully we've resolved
26 most of the critical issues with 2.0.1. If we haven't, I'm sure
27 our wonderful users will let us hear about it. I seem to be
28 forgetting something...oh, right, I haven't promised any cool new
29 features in the next release! So, I promise at least one cool new
30 feature in the next release...you just might have to adjust your
31 definition of 'cool' to get it.
32
33 Etan: Perl plugins now have access to almost all of the savedstatus
34 API functions. I also removed a couple of the preferences from the
35 Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin which should help many of the people
36 for whom the configuration dialog size was a problem. The removed
37 preferences no longer had the effects they were added to have anyway.
38
39 2.0.0 (5/3/2007):
40 Sean: 2.0.0! It's real exciting to finally release Pidgin 2.0.0! I'm
41 really proud of all the work we've all done. I'm pumped. And, while
42 I could go on about all the amazing thing that have been added since
43 1.5.0, what I'm really excited about is getting back to a regular,
44 rapid, release cycle of active, open development, unhindered by legal
45 quandries. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
46
47 Luke: We have finally managed to get 2.0.0 out the door, after nearly
48 but not quite 2 years of effort and fustration. No one regrets more
49 than I that we were unable to make any of betas 3-6 the actual release.
50 But at long last, it is out, and life can return to a more normal
51 state. There were many tough calls to be made in the last 2 years.
52 Not everyone has agreed with the resulting decisions, that is un-
53 fortunate, but unavoidable. Suffice it to say that despite what
54 some users appear to think, a ton of thought, argument, discussion,
55 and experimentation has gone into this release. This release
56 builds on many years of experience, both as developers writing the
57 code, users using it, and in supporting other users. I hope that
58 those who download and install this will give it a fair shot, and
59 attempt to avoid knee-jerk reactions.
60
61 Evan: One small step for bird, one giant leap for birdkind... except
62 this is hardly one small step. A lot more has changed from Gaim 1.5.0
63 than just the name. Pidgin has a *very* attractive new look, a whole
64 new member of the family (Finch, formerly gaim-console) has been born,
65 and libpurple has come into its own as a solid, full-featured library
66 powering the greatest IM clients around. Bugs were fixed and
67 features were added by the hundreds (thousands?) since the last
68 major release, all while improving performance and resisting feature
69 creep. As Luke said, a ton of thought and effort has gone into
70 Pidgin 2.0.0; I'm proud to have played a part.
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72 Stu: We did it! finally, we have 2.0.0. It's been a long time coming,
73 but there's a great deal of goodness here. When I say a long time, I'm
74 not kidding - it's been 972 days since we branched off "oldstatus"
75 (aka 1.x). The early Greeks were uncertain as to whether 2 was a
76 number at all (or if we'd ever make this release) - it has a beginning
77 and an end but no middle (much like our unfortunately quiet development
78 period). 2 is the first prime number and the only even prime. 2 is also
79 the first deficient number (oh well). There are only 10 types of people
80 in the world - those who like our new names and those who do not.
81 Enjoy!
82
83 Richard: I'm very glad that we've finally gotten 2.0.0 released and
84 I look forward to returning to a more normal development schedule.
85 Again, a big thanks to everyone who helped in any way to get things
86 where they are today. Congratulations everyone!
87
88 Sadrul: My first NEWS, and on what an occasion! Pidgin 2.0.0 is finally
89 released!! And it's *really* very good!!! Give your soul a break ...
90 Use Pidgin!
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92 Daniel: There has been a fair amount of weeping and gnashing of teeth
93 due to the delays in getting this beast out. I'm really happy that it
94 is done. I'm also very happy with what we're releasing - I think it is
95 far more stable, packed with useful features and, dare I say, prettier
96 than any previous release.
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3 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007): 98 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007):
4 Sean: Beta 7. The final beta. A few major changes from beta6. For 99 Sean: Beta 7. The final beta. A few major changes from beta6. For
5 starters, we have some new names. That's pretty cool. We have a new 100 starters, we have some new names. That's pretty cool. We have a new
6 logo, to go along with it. And a lot of great icons! As Nathan mentions 101 logo, to go along with it. And a lot of great icons! As Nathan mentions
49 the improvements that go along with it. I'd like to extend a 144 the improvements that go along with it. I'd like to extend a
50 special thanks to Sean, for leading us through the legal issues 145 special thanks to Sean, for leading us through the legal issues
51 and taking care of all of the paperwork and overhead that no one 146 and taking care of all of the paperwork and overhead that no one
52 wants to deal with. 147 wants to deal with.
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54 2.0.0beta6 (1/17/2006): 149 2.0.0beta6 (1/17/2007):
55 Sean: Barring any seriously major new issues, we expect this to be 150 Sean: Barring any seriously major new issues, we expect this to be
56 the final beta release before 2.0.0. This has a bunch of cool UI 151 the final beta release before 2.0.0. This has a bunch of cool UI
57 changes, some Google Talk features, a bunch new plugins, and other 152 changes, some Google Talk features, a bunch new plugins, and other
58 goodness. 153 goodness.
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