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committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> |
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date | Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:15:00 +0000 |
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STATUS of Gaim CVS tree. Last modified $Date: 2001-10-18 08:12:38 -0400 (Thu, 18 Oct 2001) $ by $Author: warmenhoven $. This file is meant to provide gaim users who use the CVS version to see whether they actually want to compile what they just checked out. Gaim CVS is usually relatively stable (we use it all the time), but has tendencies to be quirky at times. There always seems to be some iffy-ness by a lot of people about whether to use the CVS version or stick with a stable release. Use the CVS version. If you need a version that you know is reliable, then keep your favorite one in case of an emergency. But for the most part, gaim is not mission-critical software, and if you can help us find a few bugs before we release, all the better. (Also, CVS tends to be more stable than releases, since we get 10 or 12 bug reports right after we make a release, and all those bugs are fixed within a day or two usually.) Each protocol is hacked by both Rob and Eric, though there is one person that kind of "owns" a protocol (mostly indicating that they were the person that originally wrote it). Their name will be next to the protocol; they're the people to complain to when something doesn't work ;). OVERALL ======= Everything right now is more or less peachy. I regularly use seven protocols at the same time and don't have any problems (all of them except Napster and Zephyr). You shouldn't be using 0.10.3; there are serious bugs in it (including a remote exploit). Always use CVS, or if not, the most recent release. Buddy List ========== The buddy list should now be stable. The only thing that'll be missing is if you're signed on as more than one name, the tooltips and idle times for buddies won't display correctly. Applet ====== The applet should be stable and completely functional now (as far as the applet part of it goes). Please, someone send in better icons. And preferably OS- neutral ones. Plugins ======= The plugin system got a good reworking. It's got a few more features now. Nearly every plugin is going to need to be rewritten. Have fun porting from 0.10.x to 0.11.0 (it's actually very simple). Perl ==== Perl has its good side and bad side. It didn't completely survive the transition to multiple connections, but it was never really intended for more than a chatbot anyway, which should still work just wonderfully. TOC (Rob) === TOC is working reasonably well. TOC cannot get people's away messages; TOC also cannot make requests to send files. It is possible, however, to have an AIM user request to get a file from or send a file to you. Support for Direct IM, Buddy Icons, and Voice Chat is being worked on. Oscar (Eric) ===== Oscar can get people's away messages, so you should use it if that's what's important to you. Oscar also supports requesting and accepting Direct IM connections, but doesn't yet let you send/receive files through this or through the Get File/Send File method. Permit/Deny lists should work properly now. Oscar is the "default" protocol now, because it supports every feature that TOC supports and more (except file transfer, but TOC doesn't do file transfer very well), and is in general more reliable than TOC. When you add new accounts it defaults to using Oscar (you can specify TOC or any other protocol); when gaim can't figure out which protocol you wanted to use (e.g. when you type in a screenname into the Login window for an account gaim doesn't know about), it will sign it on using Oscar. It is also recommended that you use Oscar instead of TOC. Yahoo (Eric) ===== Yahoo currently supports signing on/off, changing status (only to user-defined so far though), checking other people's status (via right-clicking in the buddy list), and sending/receiving messages. You can also select your active ID, though currently you have to just remember what it is since there's nothing in the UI that'll let you know. Chat and file transfer are planned but not yet implemented. Yahoo servers are flaky at best so if you're having problems it's probably not my fault. Make sure to watch the debug window if you're having any problems. IRC (Eric) === IRC currently supports signing on/off, sending and receiving messages, joining chat rooms and holding conversations within them. The buddylist also works. Several /commands work as well, /help in any window will show you a full list. MSN (Eric) === MSN currently supports signing on/off, sending and receiving messages, and going away/idle. You can also change your friendly name. ICQ (Eric) === ICQ currently supports signing on/off, changing status, checking other people's status (but not status message), sending/receiving messages, and receiving URLs. Keepalives are sent regardless of whether or not you want them; it's necessary since it's a UDP protocol. Chat and file transfer are planned but not yet implemented. Jabber (Eric) ====== Jabber can sign on/off, send/receive messages, and add/remove buddies. All good things. If you have a registered transport then you can still use that; however you won't see it on your buddy list yet; and you can't add or remove transports yet. Chat is working now. Napster (Rob) ======= Heh. Ok, so I (Rob) am on crack! Gaim can sign on/off of Napster, add/remove people to your hotlist (buddylist) as well as chat privately and in chat rooms. You can search for files and browse a list of other user's files. You can currently download files as long as the person you're retrieving files from is not firewalled. Zephyr (Eric) ====== Let me start off by saying how much I really despise Zephyr. They do a lot of things that make me realize why this never caught on. For those of you who are unfortunate enough to feel compelling need to use this, gaim now has a Zephyr plugin. It can currently sign on/off, handles presence/buddy lists (it even imports your .anyone file!), and can send/receive personal messages. A lot of stuff is missing, this is just a real rough first stab at it.