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| author | Yoshiki Yazawa <yaz@honeyplanet.jp> |
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| date | Sat, 05 May 2007 08:00:03 +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 2.0.0 (5/3/2007): | |
| 4 Sean: 2.0.0! It's real exciting to finally release Pidgin 2.0.0! I'm | |
| 5 really proud of all the work we've all done. I'm pumped. And, while | |
| 6 I could go on about all the amazing thing that have been added since | |
| 7 1.5.0, what I'm really excited about is getting back to a regular, | |
| 8 rapid, release cycle of active, open development, unhindered by legal | |
| 9 quandries. Huge thanks to everyone involved. | |
| 10 | |
| 11 Luke: We have finally managed to get 2.0.0 out the door, after nearly | |
| 12 but not quite 2 years of effort and fustration. No one regrets more | |
| 13 than I that we were unable to make any of betas 3-6 the actual release. | |
| 14 But at long last, it is out, and life can return to a more normal | |
| 15 state. There were many tough calls to be made in the last 2 years. | |
| 16 Not everyone has agreed with the resulting decisions, that is un- | |
| 17 fortunate, but unavoidable. Suffice it to say that despite what | |
| 18 some users appear to think, a ton of thought, argument, discussion, | |
| 19 and experimentation has gone into this release. This release | |
| 20 builds on many years of experience, both as developers writing the | |
| 21 code, users using it, and in supporting other users. I hope that | |
| 22 those who download and install this will give it a fair shot, and | |
| 23 attempt to avoid knee-jerk reactions. | |
| 24 | |
| 25 Evan: One small step for bird, one giant leap for birdkind... except | |
| 26 this is hardly one small step. A lot more has changed from Gaim 1.5.0 | |
| 27 than just the name. Pidgin has a *very* attractive new look, a whole | |
| 28 new member of the family (Finch, formerly gaim-console) has been born, | |
| 29 and libpurple has come into its own as a solid, full-featured library | |
| 30 powering the greatest IM clients around. Bugs were fixed and | |
| 31 features were added by the hundreds (thousands?) since the last | |
| 32 major release, all while improving performance and resisting feature | |
| 33 creep. As Luke said, a ton of thought and effort has gone into | |
| 34 Pidgin 2.0.0; I'm proud to have played a part. | |
| 35 | |
| 36 Stu: We did it! finally, we have 2.0.0. It's been a long time coming, | |
| 37 but there's a great deal of goodness here. When I say a long time, I'm | |
| 38 not kidding - it's been 972 days since we branched off "oldstatus" | |
| 39 (aka 1.x). The early Greeks were uncertain as to whether 2 was a | |
| 40 number at all (or if we'd ever make this release) - it has a beginning | |
| 41 and an end but no middle (much like our unfortunately quiet development | |
| 42 period). 2 is the first prime number and the only even prime. 2 is also | |
| 43 the first deficient number (oh well). There are only 10 types of people | |
| 44 in the world - those who like our new names and those who do not. | |
| 45 Enjoy! | |
| 46 | |
| 47 Richard: I'm very glad that we've finally gotten 2.0.0 released and | |
| 48 I look forward to returning to a more normal development schedule. | |
| 49 Again, a big thanks to everyone who helped in any way to get things | |
| 50 where they are today. Congratulations everyone! | |
| 51 | |
| 52 Sadrul: My first NEWS, and on what an occasion! Pidgin 2.0.0 is finally | |
| 53 released!! And it's *really* very good!!! Give your soul a break ... | |
| 54 Use Pidgin! | |
| 55 | |
| 56 Daniel: There has been a fair amount of weeping and gnashing of teeth | |
| 57 due to the delays in getting this beast out. I'm really happy that it | |
| 58 is done. I'm also very happy with what we're releasing - I think it is | |
| 59 far more stable, packed with useful features and, dare I say, prettier | |
| 60 than any previous release. | |
| 2 | 61 |
| 3 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007): | 62 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007): |
| 4 Sean: Beta 7. The final beta. A few major changes from beta6. For | 63 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 | 64 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 | 65 logo, to go along with it. And a lot of great icons! As Nathan mentions |