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committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
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date | Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:08:29 +0000 |
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1278 | 1 STATUS of GAIM CVS tree. Last modified $Date: 2000-12-14 14:40:47 -0500 (Thu, 14 Dec 2000) $ by $Author: robflynn $. |
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3 This file is meant to provide gaim users who use the CVS version to see whether | |
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4 they actually want to compile what they just checked out. Gaim CVS is usually |
960 | 5 relatively stable (we use it all the time), but has tendencies to be quirky at |
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9 OVERALL | |
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12 The current CVS tree is more or less back to "normal". It seems to be stable, |
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13 and allows multiple connections (which should also be stable). |
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15 There have been a lot of changes in the past month; I think all of the bugs |
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16 have been worked out but I'm sure there are still a lot remaining. Please, if |
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17 you get bored one day, go on a big bug hunt. |
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20 MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS | |
21 ==================== | |
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23 I'm impressed that this is working. It took a major restructuring of the | |
24 internals of gaim. Everything had been based around one connection, and that | |
25 connection used one protocol or the other. Now, there are many connections, and | |
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26 each connection may be using a different protocol. This change should be nearing |
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27 completion now; most things are working and there are very few FIXME's related |
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28 to multiple connections left. |
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31 BUDDY LIST | |
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34 The buddy list should now be stable. The only thing that'll be missing is if |
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35 you're signed on as more than one name, the tooltips and idle times for buddies |
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42 The applet should be stable and completely functional now (as far as the applet |
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43 part of it goes). |
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46 Plugins |
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50 every plugin is going to need to be rewritten. Have fun porting from 0.10.x to |
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55 ==== |
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62 TOC |
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65 TOC is working reasonably well. The options to use a proxy got moved to the |
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66 account editor, and are set up on a per-account basis, in case you were |
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67 wondering. TOC can be used to sign into ICQ; though you should use the ICQ |
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71 Oscar |
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75 details on Oscar. Oscar can be used to sign into ICQ; though you should use the |
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79 Yahoo |
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82 Yahoo currently supports signing on/off, changing status (only to user-defined |
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88 IRC |
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92 joining chat rooms and holding conversations within them. The buddylist | |
93 also works and users have the ability to send ping requests to the user | |
94 by right clicking their name. /me support is also added. Other commands | |
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1278 | 102 buddylist is functional. It also supports permi/deny lists and going |
103 away/idle. | |
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105 When sending the initial message (to start a conversation) there will be a small | |
106 delay. It will appear as if the client has frozen. This will not always be the | |
107 case. I have a fix that I havent taken the time to write yet. | |
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114 icq-n/a == aim-away), checking other people's status (but not status message), |
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115 sending/receiving messages, and receiving URLs. Keepalives are sent regardless |
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