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author Paul Aurich <paul@darkrain42.org>
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1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul
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3 Our development blog is available at: http://planet.pidgin.im
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5 2.8.0 (06/07/2011):
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6 Paul: I fixed a few things in this release, and committed some
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7 patches, but am being vague because I can't remember any specifics.
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8 Hopefully you enjoy this, and happy May!
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10 John: Wow, this release has taken forever. But there are a crapload
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11 of patches that have been committed this time around, a lot of them by
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12 me. The infamous MSN bugs are still outstanding, but otherwise this
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13 release has brought some excellent progress. Oh, and we dropped the
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14 hasn't-quite-worked-in-ages QQ plugin, too. Enjoy!
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16 Jorge: I managed to get one patch applied! Wii for end of semester!
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18 2.7.11 (03/10/2011):
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19 John: Yet another release. This time around we finally fixed that
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20 annoying MSN buddy adding problem and a security issue in Yahoo. You
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21 know the drill--upgrade already!
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23 2.7.10 (02/06/2011):
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24 John: It's release time again. This release contains a bunch of stuff
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25 committed from Trac. This is another "thank a patch writer" release.
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26 Unfortunately, no one has fixed our wonderful MSN issues yet. There is
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27 a tiny security fix in this release, as well.
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28
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29 2.7.9 (12/26/2010):
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30 John: Just a quick release for a security fix here. Elliott has not
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31 yet had a chance to work on the MSN breakage that's been present in
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32 the last couple releases, but we hope he can do it before 2.7.10!
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34 2.7.8 (12/19/2010):
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35 Elliott: OK, so I know a few things broke with the last release, and
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36 it's too bad we had to rush it for that silly certificate thing that
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37 the MSN people can't configure properly. I've certainly done a lot of
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38 small fixes this time, but it's too bad we haven't been able to get the
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39 transfers with the official client fixed yet. I promise it'll be in
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40 the next release (barring any quick security issues).
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41
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42 John: So, it's been about a month since we last released. Again, we've
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43 assembled a bugfix release for your enjoyment. While a few commonly
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44 reported bugs remain, particularly in MSN, we're working on it for the
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45 next release. In the meantime, Merry Christmas and enjoy!
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47 2.7.7 (11/23/2010):
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48 John: Well, this time around, we should finally have the certificate
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49 issue really and fully fixed for all of you MSN users. Also, we have
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50 a few AIM-related fixes in this release, most notably the fix for the
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51 new "SSL Handshake Failure" message some of you got after upgrading.
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52 That one was an oversight on our part. Enjoy the fixes!
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53
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54 2.7.6 (11/21/2010):
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55 Jorge: In this release I have merged two branches where I have spent
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56 most of my time in the last months, the MSNP16 and SLP-rewrite. I
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57 hope you all will enjoy the hability to be connected on multiple
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58 instances at the same time. I also hope that the SLP rewrite
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59 fix a lot of old bugs that we have in the tracker. I am really
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60 happy with this rewrite because there was untoched code from almost
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61 5 years ago. I hope you like this release!
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63 John: In this release, we give you some new features and a bunch of
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64 bug fixes. This includes shipping intermediate certificates to fix
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65 certificate validation for MSN's servers. Upgrade and enjoy!
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66
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67 2.7.5 (10/31/2010):
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68 John: A bugfix release for all of you! This time we fixed a bunch of
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69 bugs ranging from annoying regressions to long-standing bugs we didn't
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70 realize until now were bugs. Enjoy!
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72 2.7.4 (10/20/2010):
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73 John: This release came at this particular time due to some security
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74 issues Daniel discovered for us when investigating a bug. There are
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75 a ton of other changes, including some partial Yahoo file transfer
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76 fixes and a bunch of other little things. Enjoy!
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77
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78 2.7.3 (08/10/2010):
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79 Mark: Lots of little incremental[1] bug fixes and enhancements in this
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80 release.
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81
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82 [1] No whales were harmed[2] during the creation of this release.
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83 [2] Probably.
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85 John: Finally got some fixes out there for you Yahoo users behind some
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86 particularly annoying firewalls and proxies, among other fixes. Enjoy!
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87
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88 2.7.2 (07/21/2010):
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89 Mark: We discovered a security issue in Pidgin 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 and
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90 decided to release a patched version quickly. This release contains
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91 the fix for that crash, and a few other minor fixes.
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93 2.7.1 (05/29/2010):
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94 Elliott: Hey, I'm first! How did that happen?! Maybe because of the
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95 interesting changes in this release. Sure there were quite a few bug
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96 fixes, but I know what you've all been waiting for is the direct
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97 connections in MSN. Trust me, it's really really fast!!
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99 John: Whoa, short turnaround for us. This is just 17 days after our
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100 previous release! This fixes a number of bugs that you've all been
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101 reporting a ton of duplicate tickets about and even gives you the new
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102 direct connection file transfer support for MSN. Enjoy!
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104 Marcus: Quite a bit quicker to get this release out, compared with the
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105 previous one :). Fixes a number of bugs, and I'm sure the MSN direct
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106 connections will please many users. Enjoy!
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108 2.7.0 (05/12/2010):
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109 John: We FINALLY got the ICQ X-Status stuff merged in! And a few other
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110 patches that have been sitting on Trac forever. Couple that with some
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111 new features and we have an excellent release for all of you!
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112
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113 Marcus: Finally time for a new release, seems like it took
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114 quite a while this time. But then again, there are some new features
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115 in there, like file transfer preview (thumbnails) support (only on MSN
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116 so far), plus a lot of bug fixes. Enjoy!
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118 Paul: Yay, a new release! I don't think I added very much useful to
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119 this release, other than fixing a paste bug from Chrome (no weird
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120 characters appended to the end of your URI). Enjoy!
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121
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122 Jorge: This is my first NEWS! I'm not sure I added something nice
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123 to this release. I know it took a lot of time to bring this one
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124 out, however I'm really excited by this release. I hope everyone
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125 likes the new features this release brings.
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126
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127 Elliott: This release took so long, I had to go check the ChangeLog
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128 just to see what happened. I doubt many people will notice, but we
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129 dropped support for many old things, like GTK+<2.10 and MSNP9. In more
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130 exciting news, we have file transfer previews on MSN, and support for
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131 setting moods on ICQ and XMPP (which has been waiting forever.)
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132
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133 2.6.6 (02/18/2010):
1eeeb20f0b9f Set release dates, add news (I'm not feeling creative, sorry),
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134 Mark: This release includes some great little changes and fixes a few
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135 security-related bugs. See the ChangeLog for details.
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136
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137 2.6.5 (01/08/2010):
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138 Paul: This release fixes a pretty serious bug in the MSN code, so we're
10ec0fbfc790 NEWSifying
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139 releasing this build a little earlier than planned with only major
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140 bugs fixed. See the ChangeLog for details. Enjoy!
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141
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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142 2.6.4 (11/29/2009):
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143 John: It's release time again. Lots of bug fixes this time around, as
a69af5cb09cd NEWSing
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144 well as a new protocol plugin developed and maintained by the MXit folks
a69af5cb09cd NEWSing
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145 folks. Elliott and I also did a ton of work on the Preferences window,
a69af5cb09cd NEWSing
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146 which will now hopefully fit on most people's small screens. Enjoy!
a69af5cb09cd NEWSing
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147
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148 Elliott: This release has been in the works for so long, I don't really
30c037a94a6b NEWS-ify like there's no release tomorrow.
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149 remember doing any work on it. But I do know the MSN servers gave us a
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150 little bit of trouble this time around, forgetting people's friendly
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151 names. Nothing too problematic, just a touch annoying. Also, we've got
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152 a nice new Preferences dialog. You can thank John for that mostly, with
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153 a couple of tweaks by me.
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154
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155 Sadrul: A lot of little fixes for a lot of things! Among them, a fix
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156 for a long standing issue with displaying unicode in non-utf8 locale in
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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157 finch. We also have a new prpl for MXit. This release is very very cool
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158 altogether. Enjoy!
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159
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160 2.6.3 (10/16/2009):
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161 Mark: Someone reported a fairly serious bug in our AIM/ICQ code
31ff586b8ddc Grab changes from the 2.6.3 branch
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162 so we're releasing a special "severe bug fix only" build. See the
31ff586b8ddc Grab changes from the 2.6.3 branch
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163 ChangeLog for details. Enjoy!
31ff586b8ddc Grab changes from the 2.6.3 branch
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164
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165 2.6.2 (09/05/2009):
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166 Mark: Woo boy it's been a busy two weeks. There was a lot of new code
0066067ddb18 NEWS if you got 'em
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167 in 2.6.0, and with new code comes new bugs. The cadre of relentless
0066067ddb18 NEWS if you got 'em
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168 developers responsible for Pidgin have been hard at work, and I believe
0066067ddb18 NEWS if you got 'em
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169 they have fixed all the major bugs that cropped up. My thanks to all
0066067ddb18 NEWS if you got 'em
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170 those names listed as Current Developers in Pidgin's 'About' window.
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171
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172 Elliott: Well now, just as Mark said, there was a lot of new stuff that
c0e940d35b4d NEWS-ify...
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173 probably came up with tons of bugs. So I can't say I wrote anything
c0e940d35b4d NEWS-ify...
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174 super-awesome, but I definitely fixed quite a few of those itty-bitty
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175 why-didn't-this-work-this-way sort of bugs.
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176
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177 2.6.1 (08/18/2009):
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178 Mark: There were a lot of changes in 2.6.0, and so a few major bugs
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179 crept in. This is a very minor release to fix those bugs. Sorry for
584e063285b7 Pull in changes from the im.pidgin.pidgin.2.6.2 branch and add "devel"
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180 the inconvenience!
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181
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182 2.6.0 (08/18/2009):
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
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183 John: Wow, four straight releases that I'm the first to NEWS on. This
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
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184 is getting kinda scary! I'm beginning to wonder who else actually does
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185 anything around here! (Just kidding, of course.) LOTS of new features
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186 and a crapton of bugfixes this release. There should pretty much be
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
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187 something for everybody. A great example of this is the ton of Yahoo
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
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188 changes that have happened thanks to our SoC student from 2008, Sulabh
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
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189 Mahajan. Among his massive improvements are the ability to add MSN
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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190 buddies by adding them as "msn/user@domain.tld" and peer-to-peer file
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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191 transfers. Of course, history shows we can't please everyine, so I'm
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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192 sure I'll see a complaint or five thousand in trac. Enjoy, though!
123ed0767a17 NEWSing.
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193
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Marcus Lundblad <ml@update.uu.se>
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194 Marcus: This is my first news! It's been quite a few microreleases this
3d4f9d774ce6 NEWS! :)
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195 time, but now we're finally at 2.6.0. I suppose the most anticipated
3d4f9d774ce6 NEWS! :)
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196 new feature in this release is the voice and video support, thanks to
3d4f9d774ce6 NEWS! :)
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197 Mike's heroic work. I've managed to slip in a few features too, like
3d4f9d774ce6 NEWS! :)
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198 in-band bytestream file transfers as a fallback on XMPP and idle time
3d4f9d774ce6 NEWS! :)
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199 reporting on XMPP. Enjoy!
3d4f9d774ce6 NEWS! :)
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200
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201 Paul: This is my first news, too! This release has definitely been a
c63ce77653e0 John said I should NEWS, too. Am I allowed to use 'NEWS' as a verb?
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202 long time coming; hopefully it won't disappoint since we've closed over
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203 200 tickets. Among other things, Tobias Markmann's GSoC project from
c63ce77653e0 John said I should NEWS, too. Am I allowed to use 'NEWS' as a verb?
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204 last year was merged, which means we now support BOSH (XMPP connections
c63ce77653e0 John said I should NEWS, too. Am I allowed to use 'NEWS' as a verb?
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205 over HTTP), and Andrei Mozzhuhin contributed an XMPP Service Discovery
c63ce77653e0 John said I should NEWS, too. Am I allowed to use 'NEWS' as a verb?
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206 Browser. Also, thanks to Bernmeister for poking (at least) several
c63ce77653e0 John said I should NEWS, too. Am I allowed to use 'NEWS' as a verb?
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207 hundred old tickets!
c63ce77653e0 John said I should NEWS, too. Am I allowed to use 'NEWS' as a verb?
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208
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209 Mike: Ditto. This is my first news as well. I have a feeling this is
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210 getting repetitive at this point, but voice and video support is
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211 finally here! Thanks to the rest of the Pidgin team, Farsight 2, and
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212 GStreamer developers for making this possible! (I finally finished my
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213 Summer of Code project :D)
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214
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215 Elliott: Hey, this is my firs... Wait, no it isn't. Now I feel left
2a9c44712ddc NEWS-ificate...
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216 out. So have you heard about this voice and video thing?
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217 Unfortunately, not quite ready for all protocols, but it's getting
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218 there. MSN gained support for receiving voice clips at least, and
2a9c44712ddc NEWS-ificate...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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219 finally we have Ink receiving capabilities too. Thanks to the guys
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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220 who wrote the original patch. And finally, MSN no longer has over a
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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221 100 tickets open!
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222
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223 2.5.9 (08/18/2009):
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224 John: This release is just a crash fix release to address a security
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225 issue reported to us by CORE and a couple crashes Elliott found.
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226
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227 2.5.8 (06/27/2009):
2eee06628764 Include the proper ChangeLog and NEWS entries here.
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228 John: This release is another somewhat rushed bugfix release to fix
2eee06628764 Include the proper ChangeLog and NEWS entries here.
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229 a number of bugs that have come up since we released Pidgin 2.5.7.
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230 Hopefully anything I broke there is fixed now, or at least made to be
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231 less broken. Enjoy!
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232
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233 2.5.7 (06/20/2009):
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234 John: This release is really just a rushed fix for the broken Yahoo
e88a127bfa6d NEWSing and fixing the dates in the relevant files I could remember.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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235 protocol plugin. I spent way more time on this release than I care
e88a127bfa6d NEWSing and fixing the dates in the relevant files I could remember.
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236 to admit, so I hope that time is well spent and this fixes the issues
e88a127bfa6d NEWSing and fixing the dates in the relevant files I could remember.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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237 people have been having.
e88a127bfa6d NEWSing and fixing the dates in the relevant files I could remember.
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238
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
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239 2.5.6 (05/19/2009):
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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240 Ka-Hing: Many much bugfixes. Hooray. (Paul told me to say that)
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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241 Oh, no one has met Paul yet? He's awesome, he backported my fixes
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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242 to the release branch so I didn't have to checkout a
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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243 workspace... except I just did to NEWS to tell you all about
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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244 that. Oh and I actually did do something for this release, none of
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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245 which is user visible though. This basically applies to the rest
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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246 of the release as well, nothing exciting, but you definitely want
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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247 it.
c269f065b8af Let's get this out today
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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248
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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249 Daniel: This should fix a number of annoying issues that some users
f8e14dfef456 NEWS for 2.5.6 - lets actually get it out the door today.
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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250 have encountered. We also would like to thank Veracode
f8e14dfef456 NEWS for 2.5.6 - lets actually get it out the door today.
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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251 (http://www.veracode.com) who performed a code analysis and found some
f8e14dfef456 NEWS for 2.5.6 - lets actually get it out the door today.
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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252 bugs that were addressed in this release.
f8e14dfef456 NEWS for 2.5.6 - lets actually get it out the door today.
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253
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cea24c8b6b24 NEWS! Maybe it'll push someone to get this release out...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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254 Elliott: I feel like I'm repeating myself, but there are some more MSN
cea24c8b6b24 NEWS! Maybe it'll push someone to get this release out...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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255 fixes that should make things better behaved at login as well, and
cea24c8b6b24 NEWS! Maybe it'll push someone to get this release out...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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256 maybe you'll stop getting some of those annoying errors (though not all
cea24c8b6b24 NEWS! Maybe it'll push someone to get this release out...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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257 are fixed yet). Some other bugfixes, plus the craziness that is the
cea24c8b6b24 NEWS! Maybe it'll push someone to get this release out...
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258 libxml "structured error handler" make up the rest of this release.
cea24c8b6b24 NEWS! Maybe it'll push someone to get this release out...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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259
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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260 2.5.5 (03/01/2009):
f10150c8b18e NEWS'ing!
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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261 John: Well, yet another release with bug fixing and patches. Hopefully
f10150c8b18e NEWS'ing!
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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262 one of the fixed bugs is one that irritated you. Also, thank Dimmuxx
f10150c8b18e NEWS'ing!
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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263 for spending far too much time working on ICQ this release.
f10150c8b18e NEWS'ing!
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 25317
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264
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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265 Elliott: Lots and lots of MSN bugfixes again (I hope they're fixed, at
6c18e5f5c034 NEWS and all that sort of thing...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 25551
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266 least). I think we finally have OCS/Yahoo!/federated buddies working
6c18e5f5c034 NEWS and all that sort of thing...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 25551
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267 now. And there should be some workarounds for some server things that
6c18e5f5c034 NEWS and all that sort of thing...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 25551
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268 may or may not have been our fault (like buddies on Allow+Block) which
6c18e5f5c034 NEWS and all that sort of thing...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 25551
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269 should make general usage a bit smoother.
6c18e5f5c034 NEWS and all that sort of thing...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 25551
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270
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 25315
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271 2.5.4 (01/12/2009):
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c76bbb7ee6cb NEWSing. Maybe a bit premature, but it doesn't really matter.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24844
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272 John: Well, we fixed a few bugs for you this time around, I applied
c76bbb7ee6cb NEWSing. Maybe a bit premature, but it doesn't really matter.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24844
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273 a few patches, and we've dealt with what feels like a TON of tickets
c76bbb7ee6cb NEWSing. Maybe a bit premature, but it doesn't really matter.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24844
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274 about two very common issues. Feels like time for a release to me.
c76bbb7ee6cb NEWSing. Maybe a bit premature, but it doesn't really matter.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24844
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275
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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276 Etan: My first NEWS in quite a while and I don't have much to say. I
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
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277 haven't been too active lately and I'm hoping that won't be the case
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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278 going forward. I managed to get in a few perl fixes and some UI
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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279 language tweaks this release. My plan is to work on some of the
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 25299
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280 issues pointed out by mpt (during his expert review of pidgin a little
f080f47565db I hope I still remember how to NEWS.
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 25299
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281 while back) in the near future.
f080f47565db I hope I still remember how to NEWS.
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 25299
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282
24809
a60655fc1b4f Are we ready to release this puppy later tonight?
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 24313
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283 2.5.3 (12/18/2008):
a60655fc1b4f Are we ready to release this puppy later tonight?
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 24313
diff changeset
284 Mark: It's been about two months and woo-boy have we been fixing
a60655fc1b4f Are we ready to release this puppy later tonight?
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 24313
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285 bugs. Enjoy!
a60655fc1b4f Are we ready to release this puppy later tonight?
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 24313
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286
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 24809
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287 Kevin: I didn't do much of anything this release, but Mark and
2b4e9d5eed40 Fix up the ChangeLog, add missing items, "de-credit" Mark from changes
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 24809
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288 John must be commended for their tireless efforts to fix bugs
2b4e9d5eed40 Fix up the ChangeLog, add missing items, "de-credit" Mark from changes
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 24809
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289 and approve patches, especially in areas of Pidgin that have
2b4e9d5eed40 Fix up the ChangeLog, add missing items, "de-credit" Mark from changes
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 24809
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290 not usually received much attention. Lots of changes have
2b4e9d5eed40 Fix up the ChangeLog, add missing items, "de-credit" Mark from changes
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 24809
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291 been made, so definitely check the ChangeLog to see what's new.
2b4e9d5eed40 Fix up the ChangeLog, add missing items, "de-credit" Mark from changes
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 24809
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292
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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293 John: It feels like it's been an age or two since we last released,
9b468b9815f6 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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294 and I think it's well worth the wait. Mark has sunk more time into
9b468b9815f6 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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295 MSN and MySpace IM this release than any sane person should be
9b468b9815f6 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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296 allowed to, and I've sunk more time into patches than I care to
9b468b9815f6 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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297 admit. By my count, our ChangeLog has 58 bullet points(!) and we've
9b468b9815f6 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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298 closed 85 tickets specifically for this release. Enjoy!
9b468b9815f6 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24830
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299
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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300 Ka-Hing: Bring your XMPP server to 2008 some time in 2009 would be
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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301 nice, DreamHost!
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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302
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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303 Elliott: Well, I can't blame the server for this release taking so long
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
diff changeset
304 but that's just how it worked out. A few interesting MSN changes this
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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305 time. Hopefully, federated & Yahoo! buddies will work for you, but I'm
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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306 not yet certain it's ready. Mark made so many fixes, I'm not even sure
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
diff changeset
307 I recognize everything anymore, but hopefully that'll make things less
94a47062819c NEWS and stuff...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24842
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308 crashy for you.
24842
a3ff72aa9c39 oh, and my payment was late because I forgot to update my credit card info,
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 24837
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309
24246
b03b45e890e5 NEWS! and more optimism, although timezones may disagree with me.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 24243
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310 2.5.2 (10/19/2008):
24242
2f6474a88f9e Let's hear some NEWS
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 24024
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311 Ethan: After a bit of a struggle with our services, which put
2f6474a88f9e Let's hear some NEWS
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 24024
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312 this release off for an unfortunate length of time, we're
2f6474a88f9e Let's hear some NEWS
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 24024
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313 ready for another bugfix release for your bug-free(er?)
2f6474a88f9e Let's hear some NEWS
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 24024
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314 messaging pleasure.
2f6474a88f9e Let's hear some NEWS
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 24024
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315
24243
8af03a4ac35e NEWS for 2.5.2.
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 24242
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316 Sadrul: Despite our best efforts, this release got delayed by a
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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317 couple of weeks. But here it is! It is mostly a bug fix release, with
24243
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 24242
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318 a couple of important fixes, e.g. fix for the Yahoo! disconnect
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
diff changeset
319 problem. Also, welcome our newest Crazy Patch Writer, Marcus Lundblad,
24243
8af03a4ac35e NEWS for 2.5.2.
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 24242
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320 who, among various other fixes, has implemented custom smileys for the
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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321 XMPP protocol, included in this release. Enjoy!
24243
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 24242
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322
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b03b45e890e5 NEWS! and more optimism, although timezones may disagree with me.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 24243
diff changeset
323 Stu: I guess this is the time of year for server migrations, and
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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324 I've just about had enough of them. Fortunately Pidgin is still fun,
24246
b03b45e890e5 NEWS! and more optimism, although timezones may disagree with me.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 24243
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325 and this release should be superb.
b03b45e890e5 NEWS! and more optimism, although timezones may disagree with me.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 24243
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326
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d9f2bfff6aba NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24246
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327 John: Although our services were down for quite some time, we didn't
d9f2bfff6aba NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24246
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328 lose any data, except perhaps some mail that would have failed to make
d9f2bfff6aba NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24246
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329 it to us. Overall, the only major effect it had was to delay this
d9f2bfff6aba NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24246
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330 release far longer than we expected. Hopefully the bugfixes make you
d9f2bfff6aba NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24246
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331 happy!
d9f2bfff6aba NEWSing.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 24246
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332
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d37bff820b2d NEWS and ChangeLog a bit.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24262
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333 Elliott: This release took a while, but that was due to an unfortunate
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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334 server snafu. I didn't have much to do with it, but hopefully the new
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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335 servers will help us out a bit. Anyway, mostly bug-fixes this time.
24269
d37bff820b2d NEWS and ChangeLog a bit.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24262
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336 Nothing spectacular, unless you happen to suffer from one of those bugs.
d37bff820b2d NEWS and ChangeLog a bit.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24262
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337 Oh, and don't forget, the "Has you" tooltip is back!
d37bff820b2d NEWS and ChangeLog a bit.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24262
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338
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
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339 2.5.1 (08/30/2008):
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
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340 Kevin: This release is mainly a bug-fix release. It solves a few
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
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341 known crashes and updates some of our artwork. Google's Summer of
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
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342 code recently finished up. Some of our students are still working
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
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343 on their branches and none have been merged into released code yet.
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
diff changeset
344 Look for some of those results to show up in Pidgin releases over the
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
diff changeset
345 coming months.
303cee892d2d Start NEWSing please.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 23908
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346
24024
b555a936e475 NEWS! Because no-one else wants to do it...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24023
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347 Elliott: I'm just commenting so Kevin wouldn't be the only one in NEWS
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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348 and no-one else seems to want to. Anyway, there's a couple MSN login
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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349 fixes, so try it out. The contact list problems might still be around,
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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350 but you can probably find a workaround in trac. And there's a tooltip
24024
b555a936e475 NEWS! Because no-one else wants to do it...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24023
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351 fix for our AIM friends, not that I had anything to do with it (except
b555a936e475 NEWS! Because no-one else wants to do it...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24023
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352 closing many many duplicate tickets).
b555a936e475 NEWS! Because no-one else wants to do it...
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 24023
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353
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 23900
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354 2.5.0 (08/17/2008):
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 23409
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355 Daniel: Lots of good stuff in this release. Lots of people have worked
2d55ac8c4631 Start the release wheel rolling\!
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 23409
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356 very hard on the updated MSN protocol, and it's finally time to bring
2d55ac8c4631 Start the release wheel rolling\!
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 23409
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357 it to the world! There are myriad bugfixes, including some important
2d55ac8c4631 Start the release wheel rolling\!
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 23409
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358 ones so you should be sure to update.
2d55ac8c4631 Start the release wheel rolling\!
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 23409
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359
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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360 Hylke: Finally MSNP15 support. To celebrate this I refreshed a lot of
23888
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 23885
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361 the smilies used in the protocol and added the long awaited indispensable
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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362 bunny icon. I think this is one of those releases that will make a lot
23888
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 23885
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363 of users happy, especially MSN users.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 23885
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364
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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365 Elliott: Oh look, my first NEWS! Well anyway, with that new MSNP15
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 23885
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366 support, this release is set up to be a huge success and a total flop
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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367 all at the same time. Here's hoping it's the "huge success" one for you.
23888
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 23885
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368 Those icon changes that Hylke made, while minor, really make things look
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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369 a little cleaner, I think. Oh yea, did I mention that MSNP15 stuff?
23885
8de1ddf6a07a Updated NEWS and chat icon.
Hylke Bons <hylkebons@gmail.com>
parents: 23745
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370
23900
93b247a70f42 NEWSinating the country side. NEWSinating the peasants.
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 23893
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371 Mark: Speaking of MSNP15, we'd like to welcome Elliott Sales de Andrade
93b247a70f42 NEWSinating the country side. NEWSinating the peasants.
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 23893
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372 as a full fledged developer! He took the last few strides mushing the
93b247a70f42 NEWSinating the country side. NEWSinating the peasants.
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 23893
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373 new MSN code into shape. Then he decided that wasn't enough and started
93b247a70f42 NEWSinating the country side. NEWSinating the peasants.
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 23893
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374 doing other great stuff.
93b247a70f42 NEWSinating the country side. NEWSinating the peasants.
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 23893
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375
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 23888
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376 Ka-Hing: "Reject"ing a certificate after your account is signed off is
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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377 not recommended. Deleting the file after you start sending it is also
23893
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 23888
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378 discouraged.
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 23888
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379
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Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 22962
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380 2.4.3 (07/01/2008):
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 22962
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381 Richard: This release includes important bug fixes. I'm just cutting
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 22962
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382 the release. Thank you to the real heroes who did the fixing!
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 22962
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383
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 22962
diff changeset
384 2.4.2 (5/17/2008):
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dc59bd6bb1ec Newsify for 2.4.2. No puns intended.
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 22601
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385 Sadrul: We added some usability changes in this release, including the
dc59bd6bb1ec Newsify for 2.4.2. No puns intended.
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 22601
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386 typing notification, buddyicon and input area size in the conversation
27932
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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387 windows, escape to close conversation windows etc. These changes should
22960
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 22601
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388 make pidgin more usable and more fun for Everyone! *wink*
dc59bd6bb1ec Newsify for 2.4.2. No puns intended.
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 22601
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389
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390 Stu: I fixed some memory leaks, but nothing like as many as Daniel did.
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391 MSN buddy list synchronization should be significantly less painful now,
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392 and opening MSN inboxes might work better too. SILC passphrase changes
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393 and support for passphrase-less keys has been improved also.
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394
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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395 2.4.1 (3/31/2008):
a7c1fbbe959d We should release 2.4.1 tomorrow. I want to do it in the morning, but lots
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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396 Stu: We fixed some bugs, this release should be 110% better than 2.4.0
a7c1fbbe959d We should release 2.4.1 tomorrow. I want to do it in the morning, but lots
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 22386
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397
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 22592
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398 John: Well, I didn't really do much this release except muck about with
0998ae2e4838 Consider me adequately NEWS'd.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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399 the configure script. Blame me if it worked in 2.4.0 but doesn't now.
0998ae2e4838 Consider me adequately NEWS'd.
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 22592
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400
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Will Thompson <will.thompson@collabora.co.uk>
parents: 22595
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401 Will: We seem to be falling into a nice pattern of releasing on the last
061b8fd1c781 John and Stu looked lonely, and I suppose I should NEWS at some point.
Will Thompson <will.thompson@collabora.co.uk>
parents: 22595
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402 day of a month. Hypothetical AIX users might be pleased to learn that
061b8fd1c781 John and Stu looked lonely, and I suppose I should NEWS at some point.
Will Thompson <will.thompson@collabora.co.uk>
parents: 22595
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403 Pidgin might actually run for them now!
061b8fd1c781 John and Stu looked lonely, and I suppose I should NEWS at some point.
Will Thompson <will.thompson@collabora.co.uk>
parents: 22595
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404
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 22379
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405 2.4.0 (2/29/2008):
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21838
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406 John: While this release took what seems like forever to get out the
e5fa68142f02 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21838
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407 door, I think it's well worth the wait, especially for Yahoo! users.
e5fa68142f02 NEWSing
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21838
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408 This release serves up some fixes for long standing bugs and adds
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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409 file transfer for transfers with newer Yahoo! clients (finally!). As
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21838
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410 is standard with code I committed, where it works great thank the
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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411 patch writer, and where it's broken, feel free to yell at me. Enjoy!
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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412
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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413 Sadrul: Finch is more colourful and blinky in this release! There's
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414 now a log viewer, which is very useful, and also the ability to
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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415 block/unblock buddies. It's now also possible to find chat rooms on
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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416 many services, e.g. XMPP, IRC, Yahoo! etc. Happy Leap Day!
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
parents: 22377
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417
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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418 Ka-Hing: I think all I've done for this release is committing some
080b73d9ceaf (17:59:47) stu.tomlinson: khc: say something random
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 22378
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419 patches written by other people.
080b73d9ceaf (17:59:47) stu.tomlinson: khc: say something random
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420
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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421 Stu: Finally, 2.4.0 lands. I didn't do all that much except complain
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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422 about things I didn't like or just revert Sean's changes. I'm quite
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parents: 22379
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423 pleased with how well it's turned out in the end.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 22379
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424 Happy Birthday Fred, you must be nearly 10 now ;-)
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 22379
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425
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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426 2.3.1 (12/7/2007):
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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427 Stu: I'm sorry for the MSN problems and the plugin crashes in 2.3.0.
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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428 Hopefully this will redeem us. This fixes a number of bugs. I'm a
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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429 bit late but I'd like to welcome John to the team. Enjoy!
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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430
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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431 Luke: I've done absolutely nothing in the last 2 weeks, except watch
a9347b5101a9 pulled the NEWS and ChangeLog bits from 2.3.1
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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432 others commit bug and, more, leak fixes. People should be noticing
a9347b5101a9 pulled the NEWS and ChangeLog bits from 2.3.1
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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433 remarkably fewer memory leaks now than 2 or more releases ago.
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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434
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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435 Kevin: I'm not quite sure what happened to our MySpaceIM Summer of
a9347b5101a9 pulled the NEWS and ChangeLog bits from 2.3.1
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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436 Code student, but I fixed a few MySpace bugs with idle and status.
a9347b5101a9 pulled the NEWS and ChangeLog bits from 2.3.1
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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437 I will try to fix some of the other more significant bugs, after I
a9347b5101a9 pulled the NEWS and ChangeLog bits from 2.3.1
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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438 figure out the protocol, especially including grouping issues.
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 21600
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439
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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440 2.3.0 (11/20/2007):
83ab13f4eee7 Daniel tells me the make check failure is not new, and that we shouldn't hold up the release for it. I say we release today :-)
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20372
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441 Luke: While this does not have the new MSN code, rest assured that
83ab13f4eee7 Daniel tells me the make check failure is not new, and that we shouldn't hold up the release for it. I say we release today :-)
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20372
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442 we are working on it and that it is nearing release. This contains
83ab13f4eee7 Daniel tells me the make check failure is not new, and that we shouldn't hold up the release for it. I say we release today :-)
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20372
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443 a significant number of fixes, including some that were marked as
83ab13f4eee7 Daniel tells me the make check failure is not new, and that we shouldn't hold up the release for it. I say we release today :-)
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20372
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444 fixed for earlier releases. Happy Thanksgiving!
83ab13f4eee7 Daniel tells me the make check failure is not new, and that we shouldn't hold up the release for it. I say we release today :-)
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20372
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445
21600
3f8e1ef0a8fb NEWS'ing. Looks like I'm not too late?
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21598
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446 John: This is my first NEWS entry! So, this time around we have an
3f8e1ef0a8fb NEWS'ing. Looks like I'm not too late?
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21598
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447 updated man page (the old one hadn't been really updated since
3f8e1ef0a8fb NEWS'ing. Looks like I'm not too late?
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21598
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448 before the GTK+ 2.0 migration!), lots of bug fixes, and some new
3f8e1ef0a8fb NEWS'ing. Looks like I'm not too late?
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21598
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449 features for you all. Enjoy!
3f8e1ef0a8fb NEWS'ing. Looks like I'm not too late?
John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
parents: 21598
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450
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20293
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451 2.2.2 (10/23/2007):
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20293
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452 Luke: Because the main branch of pidgin development is still not
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20293
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453 ready for public consumption, I have taken some time to try to
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20293
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454 pull the many bug fixes that have happened since then into a
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20293
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455 separate branch. This release is the result of that effort.
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20293
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456
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457 2.2.1 (9/28/2007):
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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458 Richard: We have some new code in the pipeline, but it's not quite
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 20022
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459 ready for a general release. Instead, this is basically a bug fix
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 20022
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460 release.
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 20291
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461
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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462 Luke: Unfortunately the necessity of this bug fix release means
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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463 some of the tickets that have been closed as part of the 2.2.1
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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464 milestone are not actually fixed yet. We have grabbed as many
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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465 of the changes as we could while avoiding those that are as
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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466 yet unstable though, and this should still be a marked
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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467 improvement over 2.2.0. We have spent a lot of time since the
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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468 last release looking at the tickets that have been submitted
094fbf1996b1 NEWS for when it is ready
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 20272
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469 and many of them have been closed.
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Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 20022
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470
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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471 Stu: I haven't NEWS'd in a while. I haven't actually done much for
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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472 too long also, maybe I'll find some time soon. This release is
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 20291
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473 basically what 2.2.0 should have been - it actually compiles this
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 20291
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474 time.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 20291
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475
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 19344
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476 2.2.0 (9/13/2007):
ef35d7f5a5b6 Please NEWS and continue to ChangeLog things.
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 19344
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477 Sean: 2.2.0 contains the results of several major Google Summer
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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478 of Code branches bringing some new, extraordinary features. We
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 19344
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479 have a new protocol, MySpaceIM, a bunch of new features for an
ef35d7f5a5b6 Please NEWS and continue to ChangeLog things.
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 19344
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480 existing protocol, XMPP, and nifty new certificate management
ef35d7f5a5b6 Please NEWS and continue to ChangeLog things.
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 19344
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481 to make sure your IM server is who it says it is.
ef35d7f5a5b6 Please NEWS and continue to ChangeLog things.
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 19344
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482
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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483 Ka-Hing: A number of you noticed crashes when dragging windows
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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484 around when certain options are enabled. Well, that was my fault,
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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485 and Sadrul fixed it. So Props to him and poos to me. I haven't
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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486 done much for this release, but the next one should contain
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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487 something that I helped work on. Hint: students are cheap slave
20022
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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488 coders!
13f402ea8cf2 Fix Ka-Hing's tabbing and NEWS for myself.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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489
13f402ea8cf2 Fix Ka-Hing's tabbing and NEWS for myself.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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490 Kevin: I haven't really been coding much in Pidgin, and this
13f402ea8cf2 Fix Ka-Hing's tabbing and NEWS for myself.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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491 release is no exception, but I will be working on getting our
13f402ea8cf2 Fix Ka-Hing's tabbing and NEWS for myself.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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492 wonderful web site to be a little more functional by next
13f402ea8cf2 Fix Ka-Hing's tabbing and NEWS for myself.
Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
parents: 20020
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493 release. I promise!
20020
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
parents: 20010
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494
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 19324
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495 2.1.1 (8/20/2007):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 18710
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496 Sean: Continuing our schedule of frequent releases, Pidgin 2.1.1
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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497 is out. In it, we've addressed a lot of UI issues from our
19309
08be7c67bd18 NEWS and ChangeLog
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 18710
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498 experimental new changes introduced in 2.1.0, and gave a lot of
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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499 attention to Yahoo! and Bonjour. Thanks to everyone who
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08be7c67bd18 NEWS and ChangeLog
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 18710
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500 contributed.
08be7c67bd18 NEWS and ChangeLog
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 18710
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501
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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502 Luke: We have reworked some parts of the conversation windows in
94635ef0d772 I have not newsed in a release or two.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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503 response to user comments. We did not quite reach 100 tickets
94635ef0d772 I have not newsed in a release or two.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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504 closed this release, so a fair few will role over again. Still,
94635ef0d772 I have not newsed in a release or two.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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505 we are slowly but surely working our way through the reported bugs.
94635ef0d772 I have not newsed in a release or two.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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506 Many thanks to everyone who has helped with tracking down the
94635ef0d772 I have not newsed in a release or two.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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507 various issues, testing fixes, and getting patches in.
94635ef0d772 I have not newsed in a release or two.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 18710
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508
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 19320
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509 Tim: Sean finally got me to fix some of the buddy list bugs with
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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510 Yahoo! when in version 15 mode. So now we have some Yahoo! to
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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511 MSN support, which is kind of nice. Looks like some others have
19324
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 19320
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512 been contributing to Yahoo! while I've been AWOL, so many thanks
cf181e3d8395 NEWSing
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 19320
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513 to them.
cf181e3d8395 NEWSing
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 19320
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514
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 18670
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515 2.1.0 (7/28/2007):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 17643
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516 Sean: This release took a bit longer than 3 weeks, but boy is it
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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517 worth it! We're beginning to experiment with new UI concepts and
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 17643
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518 this release features a largely re-designed conversation window.
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519 We've closed 150 tickets for this release; much thanks go to all
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520 the developers, translators, and testers who made this possible.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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521
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522 Ka-Hing: Sean said no one else NEWS'ed, so I figure I should.
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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523
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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524 2.0.2 (6/14/2007):
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525 Sean: Another big maintenance release. Again, about 100 tickets were
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
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526 resolved in this release, and they keep coming in. Lots of bug fixes,
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527 some minor icon adjustements, hopefully we addressed some ICQ
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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528 internationalization issues, and support for Bonjour on Windows!
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 17642
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529 Our next release will be 2.1.0, and will come with some great new
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 17642
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530 features.
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 17642
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531
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parents: 17256
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532 Stu: I think we're gradually getting the hang of this 3 week thing
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533 again. This release includes yet more bug fixes. I'd also like to
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parents: 17256
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534 specifically thank Pekka Riikonen for the patch to enable using SILC
4fdbd4bcc68a Release is looming! NEWS now!
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 17256
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535 Toolkit 1.1 with Pidgin/libpurple that is included in this release.
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 17256
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536
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parents: 16881
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537 2.0.1 (5/24/2007):
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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538 Sean: 2.0.1! Three weeks later, as scheduled! It is so nice to have
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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539 regular, frequent, releases again! This is a bugfix release; We have
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 17246
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540 fixed over 100 issues reported to us at http://developer.pidgin.im.
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parents: 16881
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541 Thanks to everyone for their great work, and look for the next release
17247
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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542 in another three weeks!
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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543
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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544 Stu: Lots'o'fixes in this. I don't know how you users find so many
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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545 things for us to fix. 24 hours in a day (sadly). 24 is divisible by the
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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546 sum of its digits and by their product. It is the smallest composite
17248
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 17246
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547 number, the product of whose divisors is a cube.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16881
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548
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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549 Luke: I requested that we have a bug fix release, and so we have!
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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550 Many, though unfortunately not all, of the reports that have been
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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551 submitted to us since 2.0.0 have been fixed now, and so you should
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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552 all have a much more stable experience with this release. I also
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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553 want to thank the many users who have resubmitted their reports
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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554 as we close out the old Source Forge bug tracker. If all goes well,
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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555 your report will get the attention it deserves as we continue to
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 17246
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556 work on Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16881
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557
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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558 Nathan: A ton of fixes have gone into this release. The feedback
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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559 we've gotten on 2.0.0 has been incredible. Hopefully we've resolved
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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560 most of the critical issues with 2.0.1. If we haven't, I'm sure
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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561 our wonderful users will let us hear about it. I seem to be
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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562 forgetting something...oh, right, I haven't promised any cool new
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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563 features in the next release! So, I promise at least one cool new
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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564 feature in the next release...you just might have to adjust your
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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565 definition of 'cool' to get it.
5399168f1b3d NEWSination
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 17254
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566
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 17249
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567 Etan: Perl plugins now have access to almost all of the savedstatus
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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568 API functions. I also removed a couple of the preferences from the
17250
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 17249
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569 Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin which should help many of the people
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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570 for whom the configuration dialog size was a problem. The removed
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 17249
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571 preferences no longer had the effects they were added to have anyway.
9f96674d576c NEWS what little I did for this release.
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 17249
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572
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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573 2.0.0 (5/3/2007):
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574 Sean: 2.0.0! It's real exciting to finally release Pidgin 2.0.0! I'm
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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575 really proud of all the work we've all done. I'm pumped. And, while
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parents: 16857
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576 I could go on about all the amazing thing that have been added since
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16857
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577 1.5.0, what I'm really excited about is getting back to a regular,
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16857
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578 rapid, release cycle of active, open development, unhindered by legal
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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579 quandries. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
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parents: 16857
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580
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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581 Luke: We have finally managed to get 2.0.0 out the door, after nearly
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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582 but not quite 2 years of effort and fustration. No one regrets more
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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583 than I that we were unable to make any of betas 3-6 the actual release.
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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584 But at long last, it is out, and life can return to a more normal
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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585 state. There were many tough calls to be made in the last 2 years.
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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586 Not everyone has agreed with the resulting decisions, that is un-
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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587 fortunate, but unavoidable. Suffice it to say that despite what
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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588 some users appear to think, a ton of thought, argument, discussion,
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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589 and experimentation has gone into this release. This release
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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590 builds on many years of experience, both as developers writing the
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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591 code, users using it, and in supporting other users. I hope that
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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592 those who download and install this will give it a fair shot, and
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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593 attempt to avoid knee-jerk reactions.
a4c6719a970b I have tried to keep the fustration I feel in dealing with some of the feedback we have gotten in check. I have only partially suceeded.
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 16703
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594
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Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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595 Evan: One small step for bird, one giant leap for birdkind... except
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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596 this is hardly one small step. A lot more has changed from Gaim 1.5.0
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Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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597 than just the name. Pidgin has a *very* attractive new look, a whole
f5d699d95744 newsination
Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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598 new member of the family (Finch, formerly gaim-console) has been born,
f5d699d95744 newsination
Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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599 and libpurple has come into its own as a solid, full-featured library
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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600 powering the greatest IM clients around. Bugs were fixed and
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Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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601 features were added by the hundreds (thousands?) since the last
f5d699d95744 newsination
Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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602 major release, all while improving performance and resisting feature
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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603 creep. As Luke said, a ton of thought and effort has gone into
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Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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604 Pidgin 2.0.0; I'm proud to have played a part.
f5d699d95744 newsination
Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
parents: 16854
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605
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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606 Stu: We did it! finally, we have 2.0.0. It's been a long time coming,
9c4b7ea59b65 Two spaces at end of sentence. Too lazy to go back past 2.0.0. though.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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607 but there's a great deal of goodness here. When I say a long time, I'm
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f51f1937d97f You may have timezonally precluded me from NEWS-ing for most of the last
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parents: 16855
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608 not kidding - it's been 972 days since we branched off "oldstatus"
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parents: 27931
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609 (aka 1.x). The early Greeks were uncertain as to whether 2 was a
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parents: 16855
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610 number at all (or if we'd ever make this release) - it has a beginning
f51f1937d97f You may have timezonally precluded me from NEWS-ing for most of the last
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parents: 16855
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611 and an end but no middle (much like our unfortunately quiet development
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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612 period). 2 is the first prime number and the only even prime. 2 is also
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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613 the first deficient number (oh well). There are only 10 types of people
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Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 16857
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614 in the world - those who like our new names and those who do not.
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f51f1937d97f You may have timezonally precluded me from NEWS-ing for most of the last
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 16855
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615 Enjoy!
f51f1937d97f You may have timezonally precluded me from NEWS-ing for most of the last
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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616
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617 Richard: I'm very glad that we've finally gotten 2.0.0 released and
a7bf14cee439 My NEWS and tab fixes for Stu.
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618 I look forward to returning to a more normal development schedule.
a7bf14cee439 My NEWS and tab fixes for Stu.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 16857
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619 Again, a big thanks to everyone who helped in any way to get things
a7bf14cee439 My NEWS and tab fixes for Stu.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 16857
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620 where they are today. Congratulations everyone!
a7bf14cee439 My NEWS and tab fixes for Stu.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 16857
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621
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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622 Sadrul: My first NEWS, and on what an occasion! Pidgin 2.0.0 is finally
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
parents: 27931
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623 released!! And it's *really* very good!!! Give your soul a break ...
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parents: 16857
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624 Use Pidgin!
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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625
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626 Daniel: There has been a fair amount of weeping and gnashing of teeth
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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627 due to the delays in getting this beast out. I'm really happy that it
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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628 is done. I'm also very happy with what we're releasing - I think it is
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 16878
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629 far more stable, packed with useful features and, dare I say, prettier
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 16878
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630 than any previous release.
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 16878
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631
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
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632 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007):
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633 Sean: Beta 7. The final beta. A few major changes from beta6. For
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16005
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634 starters, we have some new names. That's pretty cool. We have a new
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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635 logo, to go along with it. And a lot of great icons! As Nathan mentions
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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636 below, we're totally back in the open now, having a signed agreement
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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637 from AOL that puts us in the clear. We all really regret having to go
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16005
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638 completely dark for so long. Anyway, unlike betas1-6, which were of
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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639 normal release quality, this one is actually beta quality. There are
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 16005
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640 a few significant known issues, and a lot of changes that need a lot
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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641 of real-world testing. So, if you'd like to help us out, give it a
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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642 whirl, and let us know if you run into any major issues.
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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643
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644 Nathan: So, the secret is out now. We renamed to Pidgin. I'd just
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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645 like to apologize to everyone we've had to keep in the dark for the
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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646 last however-many months. I know it looked like development slowed
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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647 to a crawl, but in reality we've been working pretty hard to get
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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648 2.0.0 out the door, without getting into any legal trouble. I
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15934
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649 realize that if we were some big corporation, we'd be getting flamed
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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650 about this secrecy for months. Please try to remember that we're
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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651 just a bunch of geeks who were scared of legal stuff (well, at least
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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652 I was. Scared, that is). The bottom line is that we're out in the
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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653 open again, and fully plan to stay that way. We're also opening up
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15934
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654 the mail archives from the secretive past few months. You can scan
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Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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655 through them if you want, or I can summarize. "Are the lawyers done
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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656 yet? No. Now? No. How about now? No." All lawyer jokes aside,
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15934
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657 I'm grateful to our legal team for crossing all the 't's and dotting
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15934
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658 all the lowercase 'j's to get us the deal we got. Anyways, thanks
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15934
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659 for your patience, and on to 2.0.1!
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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660
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Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
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661 Gary: Well my silence, and our silence has ended. Finally the name
2f180b4107fe Newsination
Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
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662 change is over and done with and we can go back to a normal dev
2f180b4107fe Newsination
Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
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663 cycle. Now if I can just get myself back onto a normal dev cycle,
2f180b4107fe Newsination
Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
parents: 16690
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664 but that's another story all together.
2f180b4107fe Newsination
Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
parents: 16690
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665
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
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666 Ethan: Not to be too "me-too", but I have to say that I'm really
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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667 excited about the project's new name and identity, and glad to be
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
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668 out of the legal mess. We're pushing beta 7 with all of the
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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669 branding and organizational changes that have been going on for
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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670 the last few months, so there are likely to be some snags --
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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671 please help us out by trying beta 7, searching for any bugs you
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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672 find in the bug tracker at http://developer.pidgin.im/, and
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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673 documenting them if they are unknown or you can provide new
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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674 information. Help us make 2.0.0 final a release to be remembered
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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675 (in a good way)! I'd like to give huge thanks to all of the
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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676 developers, our steadfast supporters, the crazy patch writers, and
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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677 everyone else who has made this transition to Pidgin possible, and
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
diff changeset
678 the improvements that go along with it. I'd like to extend a
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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679 special thanks to Sean, for leading us through the legal issues
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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680 and taking care of all of the paperwork and overhead that no one
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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681 wants to deal with.
2ee8c86bab17 I should NEWS a few times a year, I guess
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 16694
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682
16703
a73c9decc420 fix an off-by-one NEWS error ;-)
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 16698
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683 2.0.0beta6 (1/17/2007):
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684 Sean: Barring any seriously major new issues, we expect this to be
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14944
diff changeset
685 the final beta release before 2.0.0. This has a bunch of cool UI
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14944
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686 changes, some Google Talk features, a bunch new plugins, and other
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14944
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687 goodness.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14944
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688
15362
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15359
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689 Nathan: Beta6 rocks. That is all.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 15359
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690
15368
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Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
parents: 15362
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691 Gary: Long time no news. My silence will end soon ;)
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Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
parents: 15362
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692
15538
7ae72b7c02b1 sf patch #1640011, from Celso Pinto
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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693 Evan: My first news! I knocked out a nice collection of crashes,
7ae72b7c02b1 sf patch #1640011, from Celso Pinto
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 15371
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694 thanks in part to my ever-patient Adium beta testers. Gaim 2.0.0
7ae72b7c02b1 sf patch #1640011, from Celso Pinto
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 15371
diff changeset
695 is going to be delicious. :)
15369
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Evan Schoenberg <evan.s@dreskin.net>
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696
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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697 2.0.0beta5 (11/9/2006):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14765
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698 Sean: Another release in our endless stream in betas. This one's
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14765
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699 pretty awesome; and it fixes major bugs introduced in previous
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14765
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700 ones.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 14765
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701
14753
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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diff changeset
702 2.0.0beta4 (10/17/2006)
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parents: 13560
diff changeset
703 Sean: Still beta. Maybe the next one should be a gamma.. :)
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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704
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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diff changeset
705 Daniel: I'm super chuffed to announce that this will work with newer
c8feea859665 [gaim-migrate @ 17511]
Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
parents: 14753
diff changeset
706 (i.e. >= 2.8.0) versions of GTK+ on Windows.
14753
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 13560
diff changeset
707
14757
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 14754
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708 Luke: Several significant changes in this one, including no longer
47f89aeb373e [gaim-migrate @ 17514]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 14754
diff changeset
709 using libao for sound! There are no doubt bugs here, but hopefully
47f89aeb373e [gaim-migrate @ 17514]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 14754
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710 nothing major.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 14754
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711
14762
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 14757
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712 Nathan: I don't have much to say, but yay for another beta!
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 14757
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713
14765
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 14762
diff changeset
714 Etan: I did a bunch of perl work for this beta again, there is now
18f4ac7f6de7 [gaim-migrate @ 17522]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 14762
diff changeset
715 some support for perl scripts to call functions in the gtk ui, it
18f4ac7f6de7 [gaim-migrate @ 17522]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 14762
diff changeset
716 still needs work.
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 14762
diff changeset
717
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 13029
diff changeset
718 2.0.0beta3 (03/25/2006):
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 13029
diff changeset
719 Mark: Yeah, I know, another beta. Don't worry, we'll get this
1e433894ce0c [gaim-migrate @ 15939]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 13029
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720 puppy out the door eventually.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 13029
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721
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 13004
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722 2.0.0beta2 (01/24/2006):
12990
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12541
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723 Mark: So this is the new year, and I don't feel any different, but
798ef873a7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 15343]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12541
diff changeset
724 Gaim is getting better. We hope this will be our last beta before
798ef873a7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 15343]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12541
diff changeset
725 we release the final version of 2.0.0. As before, please shower us
798ef873a7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 15343]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12541
diff changeset
726 in feedback!
798ef873a7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 15343]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12541
diff changeset
727
12993
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
diff changeset
728 Richard: I'm proud to say a lot of bugs have been squashed in this
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
diff changeset
729 version. If you filed a bug against beta1, please test to see if
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
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730 it's fixed now and update your bug report accordingly (by either
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
diff changeset
731 closing it or setting the version to 2.0.0beta2). I'm also looking
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
diff changeset
732 for someone who uses Gaim on MacOS X to test a patch for me before
13004
fbb41707d448 [gaim-migrate @ 15357]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12997
diff changeset
733 I can commit it. See http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php for my
12993
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
diff changeset
734 contact information.
da97f9675fac [gaim-migrate @ 15346]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents: 12990
diff changeset
735
12997
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
736 Etan: So I did a bunch of work on the perl plugin since beta1, so
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
737 anyone who uses perl plugins would do well to expect some things to
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
738 need updating (I'm not certain everything works yet, so please send me
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
739 any reports of things that don't). Most of the work was correcting
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
740 some namespace issues, but I also improved the support for perl
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
741 plugins having plugin_pref frames, and plugin actions. Multiple perl
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
742 plugins can now have plugin_pref frames at the same time, and every
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
743 perl plugin can have multiple plugin actions now. Like Mark said
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
744 above, let us know how this beta works out.
b4d2a8edba4a [gaim-migrate @ 15350]
Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12993
diff changeset
745
12527
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 12523
diff changeset
746 2.0.0beta1 (12/17/2005):
12541
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
747 Sean: I think Nathan sums everything up really well below. There's still
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
748 a bunch we want to add (and remove) before the official release, but we
28f03a3c56c2 [gaim-migrate @ 14854]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
749 really want to start getting feedback about what's good and what's not.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
750 So, please, be vocal about this beta!
12519
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 12518
diff changeset
751
12541
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
752 Nathan: 15 months since we branched oldstatus, and started working on
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
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753 the behemoth that is 2.0.0. In that time, we've added a couple new
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
754 protocols, we had a few crazy patch writers become developers, and
28f03a3c56c2 [gaim-migrate @ 14854]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
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755 had a few more people step up to be crazy patch writers. Sean wrote
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
756 a book, and we arbitrarily decided to make a version 1.0.0, and a
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
757 new versioning scheme. We got new artwork, and added almost 200 lines
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
758 to the ChangeLog. We've watched 2 major GTK+ releases, and added all
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
759 kinds of features using them. OK, I've wasted enough bits here. This
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
760 beta rocks, but it is a beta. Treat it as such, and enjoy!
12517
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12516
diff changeset
761
12541
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
762 Gary: Finally we have a beta. There are a lot of new goodies, including
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
763 quite a few summer of code projects that couldn't get added into the
28f03a3c56c2 [gaim-migrate @ 14854]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
764 oldstatus branch because API changes. We also have a new mono plugin
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
765 loader for even more plugin fun.
12517
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Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
parents: 12516
diff changeset
766
12541
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
767 Richard: Thanks to all who wrote patches (big or small) for this beta.
12509
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 11876
diff changeset
768
12541
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
769 Tim: Well here it is, the first beta. There's a lot of cool things in
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
770 here, but not all of them are finished or debugged. But then that's
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
771 why it's called a beta. Conversations are now contact-aware, and
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
772 there's a new status selector. There's smooth scrolling on incoming
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
773 messages as well. Our Crazy Patch Writers have been doing a good
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
774 job too, it seems like we're never lacking some patches in the
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
775 tracker to review.
12514
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 12513
diff changeset
776
12541
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
777 Etan: I know I'm not going to be able to think of all the things I should
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
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778 talk about here so I'll just go with the stuff I remember. Adding buddies
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
779 on ejabberd jabber servers should work more correctly now (it's possible
28f03a3c56c2 [gaim-migrate @ 14854]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
780 adding buddies on other servers is a bit broken currently I'm still
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
781 looking into it). There are still other jabber issues I'm looking into
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 12538
diff changeset
782 with handling of buddies.
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783 In other topics, I finally brought my Accounts menu into gaim, though the
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784 current example of it isn't exactly what I had in mind, anyone with any
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785 suggestions/comments/etc about it please speak up.
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786 Other than the stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention this beta should
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787 be awesome as gaim 2.0.0 is going to be awesome. Have fun with it.
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788
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789 Luke: pretty much everything important has been said, so this is going to
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790 be rather repetative. This is a beta folks, so it will have bugs. It
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791 will crash unexpectedly. Perhaps even frequently. Use it at your peril.
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792 But do use it (though you might want to back up ~/.gaim first), and let us
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793 know what needs to be fixed.
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794
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795 Mark: Yay.
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796
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797 Stu: Wow!
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798
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799 Siege: Sametime accounts created with gaim-meanwhile should merge over
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800 for use in the beta just fine. Some of the familiar settings regarding
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801 the buddy list are gone, so I recommend backing up your Sametime blist
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802 before getting down and crazy. Have fun, and happy early Decemberween!
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803
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804 Daniel: Enjoy! In the hopes that this prevents someone pain... do not use
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805 Glib/GTK+ 2.8.x with Wingaim - it will not work. We're looking into the
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806 problem and hope to have it resolved before the final release.
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807 "Happy Holidays!"
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808
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809 1.5.0 (8/11/2005):
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810 Mark: No super crazy major changes here. Just the usual bug
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811 fixes and some pretty important security updates.
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812
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813 Stu: Buy Sean's book. He obviously needs the money. Other than that
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814 we fixed some bugs with this release (I don't think we did much else).
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815 SoC students are doing lots of cool stuff which we'll hopefully be
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816 able to bring you in a future release.
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817
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818 Nathan: I've continued my streak of doing nothing useful lately.
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819 However, I've now got a brand-spanking-new DSL line, so I might
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820 actually get to contribute soon. One way or another I'd like
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821 to get HEAD into a more useable state in the next month or two.
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822 Also, like Stu said, buy Sean's book. I've been reading and
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823 fixing it for the last umpteen months, so you had better enjoy
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824 it.
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825
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826 1.4.0 (7/7/2005):
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827 Mark: The last month or four we've promoted a bunch of the Gaim
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828 Crazy Patch Writers to developers, so there is now an even larger
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829 team of brilliant and amazingly sexy committers working around
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830 the globe for your instant messaging pleasure. Also, we have
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831 what I believe to be our first contribution from a Summer of Code
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832 student in this release: Jonathan Clark enabled the sending of
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833 files to certain ICQ users. Support is still a bit rough, but
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834 he'll be working on it throughout the summer.
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835
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836 Luke: Exciting times this summer as our Summer of Code interns
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837 start their projects. This is mostly a bug fix release, with the
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838 ICQ file transfer that Mark mentioned and some buddy icon work
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839 being the only real new code. Hence the extra week delay. A
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840 big thanks to our translators who keep churning out updates even
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841 when we give them short notice as well. Enjoy!
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842
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843 1.3.1 (6/9/2005):
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844 Sean: It's been a while since I've done one of these. Welcome to
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845 Gaim 1.3.1, "New Hyde Park." This is, again, another bugfix release
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846 but it comes with two keen announcements. First, I'd like to welcome
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847 Christopher O'Brien to the Gaim team. He has integrated his work on
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848 the Meanwhile project into Gaim, ensuring that Gaim 2.0.0 will include
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849 Sametime support. Also, we're participating in Google's Summer of
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850 Code, which you all should check out at
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851 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/summerofcode/
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852
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853 1.3.0 (5/10/2005):
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854 Luke: This release fixes SILC for multiple accounts. HOWEVER, you
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855 may lose your buddy list (for SILC only) upgrading. This is
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856 rather unavoidable as the previous code did not keep track of
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857 which account each buddy belonged to.
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858
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859 Stu: I'm glad we're finally getting this out, if fixes a number of bugs
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860 ranging from minor to not so minor. I'd also like to welcome Gary to
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861 the team - he's done a great job with Guifications, I'm sure he'll do
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862 good stuff here too.
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863
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864 Gary: Well I got pretty much nothing done for this release. Although I
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865 do have quite a few things in the works that will come to fruition when
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866 I find some more free time.
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867
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868 1.2.1 (4/3/2005):
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869 Luke: Several important fixes this time around. Big thanks to
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870 Robert McQueen, Stu, Nathan, Ethan, and everyone else who has helped
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871 with this effort. Maybe next time we can get a decent chance to fix the
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872 problems *before* they go public to have a normal release process.
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873
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874 Nathan: Jabber got some updates this release (finally). I've got
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875 more planned, but simply haven't had the time to anything about it.
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877 1.2.0 (3/17/2005):
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878 Luke: Happy St. Patrick's Day all. Sean scheduled a release for
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879 today, we'll see if we can pull it off. :-) This release
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880 features somewhat more than just bug fixes, some improvements
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881 have been made to the conversation API which may affect plugin
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882 developers. Yahoo users should also thank Tim and Bleeter for
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883 their efforts.
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884
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885 Etan: I'm going to NEWS since I actually did something this time.
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886 Jabber will allow you to unsubscribe to someone's presence
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887 without logging out and in again, this does break seeing yourself
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888 on your buddy list, but hopefully we'll fix that again for the
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889 next release.
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890
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891 Stu: Happy St. Guinness^wPatrick's day.
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892
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893 1.1.4 (2/24/2005):
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894 Sean: Another bug fix release. A big thanks to Rob McQueen, Ari
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895 Pollak, Don Seiler, and Warren Togami: some packagers who helped
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896 debug a nasty glib 2.6 problem. Also thanks to our own Stu who
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897 found and destroyed an MSN crash and an HTML parsing error
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898
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899 Luke: Early release to handle the MSN and HTML crashes, as well
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900 as the glib crash. Maybe that makes up for having had a 4 week
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901 period before the last release. This one should be the nice
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902 stable release we meant 1.1.3 to be. Enjoy!
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903
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904 Stu: I cleaned up the whitespace in this NEWS, it was bugging me.
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905
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906 1.1.3 (2/17/2005):
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907 Luke: Yet another bug fix release, many thanks to everyone who has
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908 helped to make gaim more stable!
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909
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910 Stu: I fixed too many Yahoo HTTP proxy bugs, I should just go and
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911 write some core HTTP support that works better. A good all round
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912 bug fix release otherwise.
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913
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914 1.1.2 (1/20/2005):
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915 Luke: Another Bug fix release. This one featuring a fix to the HTTP
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916 Method for MSN users and other MSN fixes. A big thanks to Stu and
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917 Felipe Contreras for those. Stu also spent a long time in valgrind
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918 and so this brings you a Gaim release with fewer memory leaks. This
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919 release is on time primarily because I want to see the MSN fixes
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920 make it into Debian and Fedora before freezes. Expect further bug
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921 fix only releases to come at longer intervals, at Mark's request.
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922
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923 Daniel: This is my first NEWS! (YaY) I didn't really do too much for
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924 this release. There are a few bugfixes, mostly wingaim stuff. Oh, and
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925 I like the new XP System Tray icons.
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926
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927 Sean: I'm down here today. I haven't really been paying too much
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928 attention to these boring bugfix releases, but I'd like to thank
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929 David and welcome him to the team. I'd also like to thank Steven
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930 and Nathan from Silverorange who redid the webpage.
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931
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932 Tim: Another bug fix release. I didn't really fix any bugs, so
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933 I didn't exactly do much for this one. The autopackage will now
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934 work with mozilla-nss, if anyone has that, and not gnutls11. (It
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935 works with either gnutls11 or mozilla-nss, but not gnutls10)
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936 I started working on Gaim-vv again though, and I merged someone's
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937 custom msn smiley patch into the 2.0.0 tree, so expect good things
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938 whenever that's released (no, don't try it now, you won't like it).
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939 Oh and welcome to the team Daniel. Of course, he was already on my
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940 Gaim-vv team.
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941
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942 Stu: Welcome Daniel! you've done some good stuff already. Felipe did some
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943 good work on MSN yet again, so you can all use the HTTP method now. I
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944 didn't do all that much, other than let valgrind tell me what to fix, and
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945 a couple of easy bug fixes from the bug tracker. Hopefully Ethan will get
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946 well soon, so he can get back to merging patches and fixing things.
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947
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948 Nathan: I think I made some Jabber fixes, at least one of which is
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949 ChangeLog'd. I will continue to make empty promises about new features,
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950 especially for 2.0.0. Until then, welcome Daniel!
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951
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952 1.1.1 (12/28/2004):
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953 Luke: This bug fix release features msn improvements, drag and drop
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954 improvements, and some translation stuff. Thanks for everone who has
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955 helped with it, and hopefully we can get 2.0.0 out soon. On a side
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956 note, i'm still looking for someone to look at the perl plugin loader.
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957
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958 1.1.0 (12/02/2004):
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959 Luke: Another in our series of bug fix releases, with a slight twist.
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960 Everyone thank Ethan for implementing a fall back encoding for IRC,
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961 it has been much requested and should make a number of users very
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962 happy. See the ChangeLog for details on other fixes.
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963
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964 Stu: Much thanks to Miah Gregory and Felipe Contreras, a bunch of
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965 memory leaks have been fixed. Felipe also fixed a good number of
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966 other MSN bugs. I didn't do much except apply these guys fixes. It's
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967 good to see fixes from Gary coming in again too ;-). I like the
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968 docklet adjustments Christian made. Btw, we have a new MSN protocol
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969 icon, and I think you'll love it.
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970
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971 Tim: I made Gaim binary relocatable this release, so Gaim can find
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972 itself if it gets lost, and I'm going to try to make autopackages
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973 for this release, if the autopackage guys release their new version
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974 soon like they're talking. I also "fixed" a scrolling bug, by
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975 realizing it was all Gentoo's fault. The IRC encoding thing Ethan
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976 did is pretty nice, no more encoding error messages!
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977
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978 Ethan: Rumor has it that I did some work this release, but it's just
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979 that, a rumor. I think Luke started it. I did lay the hammer down
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980 on bogus word wrapping in the NEWS, so you can thank me for that.
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981 Keep your powder dry.
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982
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983 1.0.3 (11/11/2004):
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984 Luke: Not much to see here, some bug fixes that you all will enjoy as
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985 the semester draws to a close and everyone still in school gets bogged
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986 down with projects, papers, and exams. Enjoy! Oh, and if you are interested
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987 in the perl or gadu-gadu functionality, please step up to help write
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988 patches, as both of these code blocks are currently unmaintained.
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989
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990 Tim: I fixed a couple bugs this time. In other news, Kim wants to get
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991 a pet cockatiel or two.
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992
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993 Nathan: I was gonna put a new feature in this release, but decided
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994 not to because I found a bug in it today, and I'm tired. Also, I haven't
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995 consulted the powers-that-be about putting new features into oldstatus.
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996
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997 Stu: I'm writing this at 11:11:11pm on 11/11. Eleven. It's 3 really. Or B.
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998 It's the 5th smallest prime number. Himalia is the 11th moon of Jupiter.
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999 Hendecagon. There are 1011 players on a football team. XI. 16 hours. Eleven
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1000 is the smallest positive integer requiring three syllables in English. This
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1001 entry is my 11th lie for today.
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1002
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1003 1.0.2 (10/19/2004):
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1004 Stu: I'm new around here. I tried to reduce the number of bugs in the bug
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1005 tracker, but it turns out that the only way to achieve that is to actually
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1006 _fix_ the bugs. So I fixed a couple, and then sneaked some patches out of
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1007 the patch tracker to fix some others. Sadly the bug tracker was not
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1008 significantly affected, maybe if I learn C I'll be able to make more of an
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1009 impact.
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1010
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1011 Luke: Don't let Stu fool you, he has done a marvelous job on this release,
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1012 and deserves a lot of credit for it. And a number of those bug fixes are
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1013 critical ones that he discovered and fixed himself. So go update. Now.
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1014
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1015 Nathan: On the other hand, Nathan has done nothing for this release. Why
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1016 do we keep him around again?
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1017
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1018 Tim: So, I'm married now, and in Huntsville. I don't remember if I did
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1019 anything for this release or not, probably not. Bleeter has been more
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1020 active lately though, perhaps we'll see lots of cool things from him
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1021 soon.
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1022
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1023 Sean: I'm down here with the "didn't do anything" guys.
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1024
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1025 1.0.1 (10/07/2004):
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1026 Congratulations to Tim & Kim on their wedding!
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1027
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1028 Sean: So, if you're playing along at home, you're aware that
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1029 incrementing the micro version number means that the API has
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1030 not changed at all. Although that itself is insignificant to
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1031 most everyone but plugin developers, but users won't find too
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1032 many significant changes. Consult ChangeLog. We're currently
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1033 branched for some major changes, so expect a really great 2.0.0
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1034 sometime relatively soon.
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1035
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1036 Luke: Nothing much to see here, some bug fixes. Most of the work
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1037 is going towards the 2.0.0 release. We aren't quite sure when
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1038 that will be, and will keep the bug fix releases coming untill
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1039 all is ready.
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1040
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1041 Christian: I would call this a ground-breaking release, but it isn't.
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1042 It seems like a good one, though. I dunno. I've been too busy at VMware,
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1043 unfortunately, but have some work that's just waiting to be finished up
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1044 for Gaim. Gaim 2.0.0 is going to rock. Gaim 3.0.0 will rock more.
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1045 Do you see a pattern? Thanks go out to Henry Jen for fixing up parts of
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1046 the gevolution plugin to support multiple addressbooks, and to all our
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1047 moms, for believing in us. Or something.
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1048
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1049 Nathan: I got a new computer. It's fast. And has twice the bits!
1babd51401c5 [gaim-migrate @ 11102]
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
1050
10034
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1051 1.0.0 (09/17/2004):
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1052 Nathan: Hah! Bet you weren't expecting this! OK, if you were
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1053 paying any attention to the flame^H^H^H^H^Hthread on gaim-devel,
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1054 you might have been expecting this. But here it is, 1.0.0. Our
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1055 new versioning scheme has slightly more meaning than the older
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1056 one (expecially for plugin authors), but our 1.0(.0) release is
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1057 just as meaningless as we could have hoped. Enjoy!
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1058
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1059 Luke: We've changed our pattern for version numbers with this
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1060 release, we are no longer simply counting versions. This release
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1061 then marks, not something traditionally "1.0" but the current
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1062 version of the api. When backwards compatability with that breaks
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1063 you'll see 2.0, more details in the faq. As a side note, if you
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1064 are reading this and are good with proxy code or with perl's XS C
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1065 bindings, please get in touch with me, my contact info is on the
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1066 website. Gaim could use your help.
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1067
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1068 Mark: I love a circus.
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
1069
9872
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1070 0.82 (08/25/2004):
9852
8c09ecc3ec4c [gaim-migrate @ 10731]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 9691
diff changeset
1071 Rob: Woah, where did I come from?
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
1072
9871
2bfc489fc939 [gaim-migrate @ 10750]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
1073 Mark: Lately I've been doing a lot more code maintenance/patch
2bfc489fc939 [gaim-migrate @ 10750]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
1074 accepting/bug fixing type of work. And I think that's a really
2bfc489fc939 [gaim-migrate @ 10750]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
1075 good thing. I feel like Gaim is becoming more stable. It
9878
706d9df5dcf1 [gaim-migrate @ 10757]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9877
diff changeset
1076 seems like we're lacking fewer features. It makes me warm.
9871
2bfc489fc939 [gaim-migrate @ 10750]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
1077 Quick Robin! To the traverse wall!
2bfc489fc939 [gaim-migrate @ 10750]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
1078
9872
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1079 Nathan: Well, it looks like we stuck to the schedule again. Had
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1080 we taken our dear sweet time, I might have had a chance to do
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1081 something cool for this release, but instead I stuck to the minor
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1082 stuff. <insert empty promises for the cool stuff i'll code for
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1083 next time here>
708d9a068999 [gaim-migrate @ 10751]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
1084
9873
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1085 Tim: Lately I've been doing a lot more patch accepting, and a
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1086 lot less actual coding. Unfortunately it has more to do with my
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1087 laziness than Gaim's progress. Like Nathan, I'm going to blame
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1088 our on time release schedule. But that didn't stop our Crazy
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1089 Patch Writers, or cpw's as grim now calls them, from writing
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1090 some good patches. So, instead of promising to code something
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1091 cool for next release, I'm going to promise that the cpw's will
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1092 code cool things for next release, and I might apply some of them.
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
1093
9877
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
1094 Luke: I've been doing what I always do, committing patches, some
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
1095 better than others, and bugging other people to code stuff. Oh
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
1096 and closing some bugs. Thanks to Dave West for joining the cpws
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
1097 in helping to handle triage. This is mostly a bug fix release,
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
1098 so PLEASE upgrade to it before submitting new bugs.
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
1099
9880
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
1100 Kevin: Herman's been away, so Daniel Atallah and myself were given
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
1101 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
1102 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
1103 libpng to address recent security advisories. Besides plotting and
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
1104 a little bit of testing, this NEWS is all I really did. Oh, I also
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
1105 rerefixed the transparency plugin... again! Our beloved Hermanator
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
1106 should be back next time around, for 0.83.
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
1107
9688
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1108 0.81 (08/05/2004):
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1109 Sean: Three weeks again! Sticking to schedules is awesome! Just
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1110 like Gaim v0.81. This is what we in the industry call a "bugfix
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1111 release." We closed over TWO HUNDRED bugs since 0.80. That's
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1112 awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped report, triage, fix, and
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1113 test.
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
1114
9689
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
1115 Christian: Yay for three weeks working so well. Boo for me not
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
1116 doing much of anything this release, aside from a small memory
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
1117 leak fix. I'm starting a new job and leaving my current one, so
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
1118 when the dust settles and my schedule is a bit better, the very
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
1119 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
1120 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
1121 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
1122 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
1123 get that nailed for you soon, promise.
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
1124
9690
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
1125 Mark: I was going to point out that we closed an insane amount of
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
1126 bugs for this release, but Sean already did that. I feel like
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
1127 we've had some really talented new contributors contributing
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
1128 recently. I won't say names... but watch your backs. Or something.
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
1129
9691
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
1130 Nathan: I did next to nothing for this release. I am however
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
1131 settled in to my new job, and in a couple days, I should be settled
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
1132 into my new domicile. If the DSL gods are in a good mood, I'll
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
1133 have a connection there shortly, and can start being useful again.
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
1134
9537
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
1135 0.80 (07/15/2004):
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
1136 Sean: Three weeks! Hooray for timeliness! I didn't do much here
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
1137 but drag-and-droppable file transfers. Drag something into a
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
1138 conversation window, and it will be sent. Kinda neat.
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
1139
9540
44cef0cee90c [gaim-migrate @ 10368]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9537
diff changeset
1140 Mark: We have a small ant problem here. I can't help but think
9541
fccef566a17e [gaim-migrate @ 10369]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9540
diff changeset
1141 I somehow brought this upon myself.
9540
44cef0cee90c [gaim-migrate @ 10368]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9537
diff changeset
1142
9542
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
1143 Tim: I don't really have any news, but at least I don't have an
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
1144 ant problem either. You might think I've been hard at work on
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
1145 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
1146 some cool things "soon" though, both with Gaim and Gaim-vv.
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
1147 Bleeter sent me some nice dumps I need to implement yet.
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
1148
9543
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
1149 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
1150 small, but remember, this is summer, and people have lives. SILC
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
1151 and Zephyr are making good progress from our Crazy Patch Writters,
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
1152 and everyone begging to send files to people not on their buddy
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
1153 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
1154 problem isn't fixed yet, maybe next release
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
1155
9382
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
1156 0.79 (06/24/2004):
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
1157 Sean: We've moved to a three-week release cycle which we'll
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
1158 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
1159 cycle. Yahoo! went and broke last night, but it's fixed now thanks
37fd8a10f5fa [gaim-migrate @ 10190]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
1160 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
1161 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
1162 if your Yahoo cuts out again.
9543
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
1163
9384
9bfd0e336c91 [gaim-migrate @ 10192]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1164 Luke: I was really distracted this cycle, I want to thank my co-
9387
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9386
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1165 developers and our crazy patch writers for keeping things going.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
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1166 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
1167 nice bug fixes and some much-requested new features, the ChangeLog
9bfd0e336c91 [gaim-migrate @ 10192]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1168 has all the details there of course. Enjoy!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1169
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
diff changeset
1170 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
1171 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
1172 to go! Movie with the girls and Farmer's Market.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
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1173
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
1174 Tim: This release brings us /commands in the core, which hopefully
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
1175 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
1176 bugged for packet captures, like Simguy, Bleeter, and odl. Yahoo!
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
1177 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
1178 messenger stuff, but then Cerulean Studios was cool and fixed the
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
1179 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
1180 the Yahoo! Japan support, for those of you with Yahoo! Japan
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
1181 accounts.
9386
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
1182
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
1183 Mark: I fixed that icon animation thing that caused Gaim to lock-up.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
1184 I also stepped on something at the beach and I think there might be
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
1185 a little rock or something in my foot now.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
1186
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
1187 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
1188 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
1189 Jabber stuff, and some IPv6 stuff. I must have been sleepcoding
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
1190 or something, because I haven't had time for such things. Ah well,
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
1191 enjoy this release. We'll see what I can get to in the next 3 weeks.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
1192
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9114
diff changeset
1193 0.78 (05/30/2004):
9102
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1194 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
1195 its mostly worth it. A few of you will still have trouble with msn
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1196 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
1197 efforts on the part of Mark, we closed 400 some odd reports this
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1198 month. We are also welcoming Tim to the project, a very active
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1199 crazy patch writer who has brought massive improvements to WYSIWYG
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1200 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
1201 one, but it will work for more people than it used to. Most
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1202 noticably, this release brings a LARGE simplicfication of the
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1203 preferences available. Please don't complain if your favorite
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1204 preference is no longer there. Take some time to think about
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1205 how and if it could be useful to a majority of people who use
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1206 Gaim in ways nothing like you. You'll find that the answer will
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1207 usually be that the preference isn't all that important.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
1208
9103
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
1209 Tim: I continued with the other crazy patch writers in fixing those
1359e5275b3c [gaim-migrate @ 9880]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
1210 WYSIWYG bugs. Then they went and made me a developer. Which is cool.
1359e5275b3c [gaim-migrate @ 9880]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
1211 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
1212 and fixed IM Image and Direct Connect in AIM for some reason. I also
9106
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1213 added some new Yahoo! smileys at least. Also you change your link
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1214 color in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file now. I might work on some of those
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1215 new Yahoo! features for next release, like buddy icons. But don't
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1216 count on it. Thanks to everyone who congratulated me. And thanks
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1217 to all our Crazy Patch Writers, who now expect me to apply all their
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1218 Crazy Patches.
9103
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
1219
9104
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
1220 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
1221 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
1222 valuable contributor for awhile now. Thanks again to Felipe Contreras
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
1223 for all his MSN work this release. He has some exciting stuff that
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
1224 we'll be seeing in 0.79. And last, but not least, thanks to all our
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
1225 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
1226 release. I've been taking a small break, first due to school and now
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
1227 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
1228 the meantime, enjoy.
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
1229
9106
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1230 Gary: Congrats to Tim, no more competing for most ChangeLog entries.
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1231 This means you _should_ be winning every release. Anyways, I didn't
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1232 finish nearly as much as I wanted to for this release but all of that
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1233 and then some should appear in 0.79.
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
1234
9108
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9106
diff changeset
1235 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
1236 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
1237 but I still have a nagging feeling that our preferences are still
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1238 overwhelming. Everyone's been doing a real great job; it's entirely
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1239 my fault we keep failing to meet our three-week schedule. Send your
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1240 complaints this way.
9108
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9106
diff changeset
1241
9114
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
1242 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
1243 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
1244 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
1245 a big warm welcome to Tim!
345c8faadf8a [gaim-migrate @ 9891]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
1246
8762
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
1247 0.77 (04/22/2004):
831a0488a719 [gaim-migrate @ 9517]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
1248 Sean: We're back to a somewhat regular release cycle now. Hooray!
9395
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1249 WYSIWYG is much improved in this release, and you can now copy and
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1250 paste rich text to and from Gaim and other applications (see: Mozilla,
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1251 Evolution OpenOffice). Also, Novell has released their first release
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1252 of their GroupWise plugin, included in this release. Good stuff all
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1253 around.
8762
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
1254
8763
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1255 Luke: Only a week "late" this time around, much nicer than the delay
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1256 before the last release. Anyway, this release sees a HUGE number of
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1257 improvements to the WYSIWYG support, much thanks to all involved. If
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1258 you weren't impressed before, you should be now! This release also
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1259 sees the end of our TOC support, no one has been working on this in
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1260 some time and its causing problems. DON'T USE IT!. Also plugin
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1261 authors will want to take note of the fact that the plugin api version
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1262 changed. A nice solid release for you all :-)
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
1263
8764
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1264 Ethan: Once again I thought about doing some things and committed
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1265 things that other people did. This development model is awesome. I
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1266 helped Mark refactor some stuff and our collective code ownership
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1267 helped us utilize a coherent system metaphor during our pair program-
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1268 ming sessions. It was extremely extreme. Look for some hard crypto
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1269 lovin' from yet another crazy contributor in the near future...
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
1270
8765
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1271 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
1272 previous release, but LSchiere2 didn't commit that until this release.
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1273 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
1274 off/away/idle-ness again. There may be bugs with it, I don't know, not
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1275 like I use it. I will try to work on something that I will actually use
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1276 for the next release.
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1277
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1278 Etan: Looking for someone to pair program with.
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
1279
8768
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
1280 Christian: A round of applause to our crazy patch writers! Their
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
1281 contributions this release is impressive. WYSIWYG has come a long way
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
1282 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
1283 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
1284 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
1285 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
1286 hopefully make it into release soon.
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
1287
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
1288 0.76 (04/01/2004):
8548
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
1289 Sean: Yeah, it's been a long time since the last release, and despite
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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diff changeset
1290 what others may tell you, we were just really lazy. This is pretty
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
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1291 much just 0.75 again, but, like, someone changed the "Info" icon and
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
1292 I think, like, the Chinese translation may have been updated. We did
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
1293 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
1294 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
1295 stuf in this one." They lie. All of them.
9102
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1296
8540
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
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1297 Luke: Okay, normally I wait for Sean to go first, but he said to commit.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
1298 Its been a few months since the last release, but we haven't just been
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
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1299 lazy. A very long ChangeLog for you all. Most notably of course is the
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
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1300 addition of WYSIWYG input for chats and conversations. Many thanks to
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
1301 DAYS of long work by Sean, Gary Kramlich, Kevin Stange, Tim Ringenbach,
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1302 and Stu Tomlinson for their efforts writting, fixing, and testing
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1303 this. Without the dedicated support of our crazy patch writters, this
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1304 release would have taken yet longer. Sean also has yahoo working again,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1305 with some assistance from our friends over at Trillian, you may all
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1306 officially rejoice. We also have a large number of bug fixes, closing
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1307 more than 200 bug reports this month alone.
8540
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
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1308
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
1309 Christian: It's been a long time between the last release, but I think
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
1310 you guys will find that we've managed to do some neat stuff in this one.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
1311 So many bug fixes and new features. It's enough to drive a wombat mad!
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
1312 The new WYSIWYG input is cool stuff. You'll either love it or hate it,
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
1313 I guess. I'm working on some stuff that some of you are going to love,
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
1314 but I'm not promising it for a few more versions. It's a secret!
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
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1315
8542
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
1316 Mark: Our crazy patch writers rock. Gary Kramlich, Tim Ringenbach,
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
1317 Kevin Stange, and Stu Tomlinson did an amazing job of tying up
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
1318 loose ends and helping get this release out the door. Thanks guys!
8547
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
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1319
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 8542
diff changeset
1320 Rob: My birthday is in a few days. I like cool stuff. Buy me something
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 8542
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1321 grand!!
8542
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
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1322
8547
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
1323 Tim: Luke said write a NEWS, so I thought I would. There's a room
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
1324 list dialog now. And Nathan and I doubled the number of protocols that
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
1325 can transfer files. After that I got lazy/busy and let Gary, Kevin,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
1326 and Stu fix all the bugs.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
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1327
8551
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1328 Nathan: Rob happens to share a birthday with my sister. So far she's
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1329 been very vague about what she wants. She's not an easy person to shop
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1330 for. As for things you probably care more about, this release has so
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1331 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
1332 bugs from 0.75 are fixed. Jabber has a first pass at file transfer
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1333 support (no proxy support yet). SOCKS 5 proxy support may have gotten
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1334 a little better as a side-effect. Twinkies and penguin points to all
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1335 of the crazy patch writers, who did more than their fair share this
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
1336 release.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
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1337
8553
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
1338 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
1339 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
1340 same sister. For this release, I thought about making IRC better, I
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
1341 thought about making Tcl better, and I committed patches from several
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
1342 others who actually did these things. And probably some other
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
1343 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
1344 source philosophy that lets them get so CRAZY.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
1345
8047
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
1346 0.75 (01/09/2004):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
1347 Rob: Woah, what's this? Me? Making a NEWS post!? Say it ain't so!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
1348 That's right, kiddos, I'm finally coming out of my reclusiveness.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
1349 I had a pretty shitty few months, and also just needed a break from
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
1350 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
1351 a little word from Eric Warmenhoven.. :P
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
1352
8049
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1353 Eric: Ah, Rob and Eric. Just like the good ol' days. Now, if
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1354 you'll excuse me, I have to go make some commits with Led Zeppelin
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1355 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
1356 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
1357 in an Eric Warmenhoven costume.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1358
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1359 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
1360 something _very_ neat.
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1361
8050
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1362 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
1363 support is now bar-some, quickly approaching bar-none! Everything
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1364 else in Jabber got neat improvements too. I'll leave it up to you
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1365 to figure out what they were.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1366
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1367 <boilerplate promises for cool features in $version++>
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1368
8051
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1369 Christian: I've been a bit absent this release, due to life stuff
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1370 and working on some other projects. Some MSN goodies are going to be
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1371 available in an upcoming version, and I have some neat Gaim-related
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1372 stuff I'm working on that will hopefully see the light of day. I'd
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1373 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
1374 every time I say that, something breaks horribly right after we
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1375 release it.)
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
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1376
8053
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1377 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
1378 Unfortunately, he took out the chat support in doing so. So use
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1379 conferences for now if you use yahoo. Users begging for file
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1380 transfer support should thank Tim 'marv' Ringenbach for Yahoo ft,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1381 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
1382 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
1383 right now.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1384
8055
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1385 Ethan: I just want to say that now logging really doesn't eat
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1386 memory 'till the cows come home. We don't think.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1387
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1388 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
1389 I think you should, too:
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1390
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1391 Paul A, Daniel Atallah, Patrick Aussems, Brian Bernas,
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1392 Jonas Birmé, Ethan Blanton (hi Mom), Joshua Blanton, Herman
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1393 Bloggs, Jason Boerner, Graham Booker, Craig Boston, Chris
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1394 Boyle, Jeremy Brooks, Sean Burke, Cerulean Studios LLC,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1395 Ka-Hing Cheung, Arturo Cisneros Jr., Vincas Ciziunas, Joe
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1396 Clarke, Todd Cohen, Felipe Contreras, Jeramey Crawford, Mark
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1397 Doliner, Nuno Donato, Jim Duchek, Tom Dyas, Andrew Echols,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1398 Sean Egan, Brian Enigma, Stefan Esser, Larry Ewing, Jesse
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1399 Farmer, Gavan Fantom, Rob Flynn, Nathan Fredrickson, Free
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1400 Software Foundation, Decklin Foster, Adam Fritzler, Michael
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1401 Golden, Ryan C. Gordon, Christian Hammond, Andy Harrison, G.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1402 Sumner Hayes, Mike Heffner, Iain Holmes, Karsten Huneycutt,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1403 Akuke Kok, Tero Kuusela, Dennis Lambe Jr., Ho-seok Lee, Moses
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1404 Lei, Ambrose C. Li, Nicolas Lichtmaier, Artem Litvinovich, Syd
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1405 Logan, Matthew Luckie, Brian Macke, Paolo Maggi, Willian T.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1406 Mahan, John Matthews, Ryan McCabe, Robert McQueen, Robert
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1407 Mibus, Benjamin Miller, Kevin Miller, Paul Miller, Arkadiusz
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1408 Miskiewicz, Andrew Molloy, Matt Pandina, Ricardo Fernandez
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1409 Pascual, Havoc Pennington, Ari Pollak, Robey Pointer, Nathan
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1410 Poznick, Brent Priddy, Federicco Mena Quintero, David Raeman,
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1411 Etan Reisner, Kristian Rietveld, Tim Ringenbach, Andrew
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1412 Rodland, Neil Sanchala, Carsten Schaar, Luke Schierer, Torrey
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1413 Searle, Jim Seymour, John Silvestri, David Smock, Mark
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1414 Spencer, Lex Spoon, Kevin Stange, David Stoddard, Stu
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1415 Tomlinson, Brian Tarricone, Peter Teichman, Arun A. Tharuvai,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1416 Philip Tellis, Bill Tompkins, Tom Tromey, Junichi Uekawa,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1417 Bjoern Voigt, Nathan Walp, Eric Warmenhoven, Jason Willis,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1418 Matt Wilson, Ximian, Jaroen Zwartepoorte.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1419
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1420 Thanks, all.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1421
7635
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1422 0.74 (11/25/2003):
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1423 Sean: Christian and Nathan were wrong.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1424
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1425 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
1426 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
1427 anything, but for those users bit by its peculiar little bugs
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1428 it wasn't as nice as this will be.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1429
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1430 Nathan: Jabber got some good tweaks, and logging doesn't eat
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1431 memory until the cows come home. Which is good, because they
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1432 said they'll be out until late.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1433
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1434 Luke: Always nice when directories get created correctly ;-)
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1435
7593
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1436 0.73 (11/21/2003):
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1437 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
1438 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
1439 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
1440 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
1441 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
1442 reload button in your browser. There's other fun new stuff, but I
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1443 forget what it is.
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1444
7595
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1445 Christian: This is a good release, as Nathan said. For all those who
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1446 hated all the disconnect dialogs, we now have a {dis,re}connect{ed,}
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1447 dialog that replaces all of them and shows every account that became
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1448 disconnected. Also, there were some MSN fixes thrown in, such as
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1449 the problem with unblocking users. My personal favorite, since it's
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1450 really been bugging me for awhile, is the bug with the border on the
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1451 close buttons is fixed. Oh yes, and let's not forget the new logging.
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1452 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
1453 going to have some niceties that people have been waiting for.
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1454
7390
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1455 0.72 (10/30/2003):
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1456 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
1457 would be a cool costume.
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1458
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1459 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
1460 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
1461 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
1462 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
1463 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
1464 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
1465 to Mark). Enjoy!
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1466
7392
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1467 Christian: Last release brought forward a lot of bug reports, such
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1468 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
1469 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
1470 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
1471 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
1472 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
1473 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
1474
7394
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1475 Ethan: In complete defiance of history, I did something this
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1476 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
1477 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
1478 you paranoid people can hide your local username by changing
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1479 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
1480 aware that building Gaim is Harder than it Should Be on
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1481 Solaris, and I am seeking solutions to some of the issues
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1482 there. Everyone remember to give some love to the developers
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1483 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
1484
7397
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1485 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
1486 bugs introduced in the last release. Registration works again, and
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1487 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
1488 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
1489 be a good release.
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1490
7209
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1491 0.71 (10/09/2003):
7219
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1492 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
1493 very hectic few weeks/months. Thing are finally coming together
7219
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1494 again for me. This release features much copying and pasting. Yeah.
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1495
7209
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1496 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
1497
7210
234178fd9787 [gaim-migrate @ 7779]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7209
diff changeset
1498 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
1499 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
1500 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
1501 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
1502 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
1503 as a lot of code (specifically, the conversations code and utility
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1504 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
1505 require modifications to some plugins. Not all, fortunately, but some
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1506 :) 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
1507 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
1508 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
1509 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
1510
7213
8d8b3ab13607 [gaim-migrate @ 7782]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 7211
diff changeset
1511 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
1512 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
1513 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
1514
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1515 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
1516 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
1517 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
1518 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
1519 off your screen :-)
7211
fab036092ca5 [gaim-migrate @ 7780]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7210
diff changeset
1520
7221
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1521 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
1522 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
1523 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
1524 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
1525 the XMPP protocol specs, and will automagically upgrade the conncetion
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1526 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
1527 it's probably better, and you should be thankful for it.
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1528
7225
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1529 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
1530 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
1531 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
1532 prepension and documentation for IRC and Tcl, and handle IRC errors
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1533 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
1534 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
1535 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
1536 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
1537 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
1538 Don't tell Luke.
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1539
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1540 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
1541 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
1542 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
1543 in ssl stuff, but we fixed a number of the bugs in the tracker, and
7227
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1544 the code cleaning helps alot as well. Enjoy!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1545
6998
b11b2880bafd [gaim-migrate @ 7554]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1546 0.70 (9/28/2003):
7005
33f9a7b988ed [gaim-migrate @ 7561]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7004
diff changeset
1547 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
1548 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
1549 Trillian, for helping us out.
b11b2880bafd [gaim-migrate @ 7554]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1550
7001
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1551 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
1552 contact support. The Jabber goodies I promised will have to wait
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1553 for now.
7b372ecdbd8d [gaim-migrate @ 7557]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1554
7004
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1555 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
1556 loading protocol plugins that had plugin dependencies and getting perl
3b91c146567d [gaim-migrate @ 7560]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1557 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
1558 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
1559 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
1560
6960
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1561 0.69 (9/24/2003):
ccc0d9654098 [gaim-migrate @ 7507]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1562 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
1563
6962
1ab156496e9e [gaim-migrate @ 7509]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6960
diff changeset
1564 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
1565
6966
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1566 Nathan: {{Meta,}{Contact,Buddy},Person} support for all! Also, SSL
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1567 support for Jabber makes its debut. More Jabber goodies next release.
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1568
6964
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1569 Christian: It's a good release. The main highlight really is
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1570 Nathan's Contact support, which is just beautiful. My buddy list
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1571 shrunk considerably. As Sean stated, MSN and Yahoo! work. MSN
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1572 does not support the new MSN buddy icons and stuff, unfortunately,
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1573 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
1574 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
1575 that area ;) Among other new additions of mine are SSL support
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1576 (both Mozilla NSS and GNUTLS), Plugin IPC (letting plugins talk to
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1577 each other), and some visual niceties in the Accounts window.
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1578 Ka-Hing Cheung put in animated smileys, which should please many.
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1579 Yeah, good release. Just you wait until 0.70 though.
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1580
6967
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1581 Robot101: Hi mom. My patch isn't in this release. Watch for the next
6c9d3b83bb79 [gaim-migrate @ 7514]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1582 one.
6c9d3b83bb79 [gaim-migrate @ 7514]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1583
6c9d3b83bb79 [gaim-migrate @ 7514]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1584 Mark: Metacontact support, yeah. Right click on a dude and
6c9d3b83bb79 [gaim-migrate @ 7514]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1585 select "Expand."
6c9d3b83bb79 [gaim-migrate @ 7514]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1586
6969
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 6967
diff changeset
1587 Ethan: God bless the USA.
b151a7714e82 [gaim-migrate @ 7516]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 6967
diff changeset
1588
6685
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1589 0.68 (09/01/2003):
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1590 Rob: Wow. I am so incredibly tired.
6658
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1591
6685
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1592 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
1593 gaim (isn't that supposed to be the reverse?)*
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1594
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1595 *Some NEWS recycled from v0.10.0
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1596
6658
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1597 Nathan: I didn't do much for this release, except make Jabber
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1598 registration work, and put in a slight tweak to make Gaim work a
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1599 little better with jabberd2. Next release you'll all see what I've
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1600 been spending my time on, but for now enjoy the fruits of everyone
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1601 else's labor.
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1602
6681
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1603 Mark: I've been really busy with other stuff, but I've spent my
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1604 Gaim-time on working towards a more formal translation process.
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1605 Hopefully this will result in Gaim shipping with more complete
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1606 translation files. Also, all our awesome translators are mentioned
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1607 in the about window now.
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1608
6683
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1609 Christian: I've been really busy with this stuff. Gaim got a new
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1610 signal architecture, which is just really cool. The old events system
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1611 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
1612 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
1613 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
1614 There's a new HOWTO in the Doxygen docs (make docs), but no API
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1615 reference yet. Developers, look at the plugins/perl/common/*.xs files
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1616 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
1617 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
1618 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
1619 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
1620
6684
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1621 Luke: Wow, I actually did something for this release besides commit
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1622 translations! Well, sorta. I got permission to commit some patches
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1623 so gaim now has color support for yahoo, and you can fetch some
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1624 basic info on yahoo and msn users. Yay for people submitting patches!
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1625
6470
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1626 0.67 (08/14/2003):
6471
9ee03e7f9a4d [gaim-migrate @ 6980]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
1627
9ee03e7f9a4d [gaim-migrate @ 6980]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
1628 Rob: I live in Georgia. I don't care about blackouts. We only
6472
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1629 have to deal with floods and tornadoes.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1630
6470
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1631 Sean: Fortunately me for me, I live in the only place in New York
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1632 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
1633 NO CARRIER
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1634
6472
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1635 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
1636 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
1637 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
1638 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
1639 some dialog rewrites.. Great stuff. Gaim's looking more teh perrty.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1640 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
1641 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
1642 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
1643 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
1644 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
1645 UIs to come I hope! :) Exciting time in Gaim.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1646
6214
d9c13587703e [gaim-migrate @ 6700]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6196
diff changeset
1647 0.66 (07/18/2003):
6194
ac34f3c199f3 [gaim-migrate @ 6680]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6189
diff changeset
1648 Rob: Oops!!!! This reminds me of other silly things that we've
6214
d9c13587703e [gaim-migrate @ 6700]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6196
diff changeset
1649 done. I agree with what Herman is going to say. ;-)
6137
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1650
6185
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1651 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
1652 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
1653 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
1654 to everyone who helped!
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1655
6186
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1656 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
1657 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
1658 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
1659 and upgrade to 0.66. Just, wow.
424103548580 [gaim-migrate @ 6672]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1660
6188
859eda4d3a50 [gaim-migrate @ 6674]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6186
diff changeset
1661 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
1662
6189
b2da4b1d8091 [gaim-migrate @ 6675]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1663 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
1664 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
1665 0.65 introduced, at least the ones that most of you would otherwise hit.
b2da4b1d8091 [gaim-migrate @ 6675]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1666
6196
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6194
diff changeset
1667 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
1668
1440cfa8b1e1 [gaim-migrate @ 6682]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6194
diff changeset
1669 0.65 (07/16/2003):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1670 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
1671 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
1672 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
1673 me when it will be ready. If you ask me then I won't answer
2ecab9e88b97 [gaim-migrate @ 6601]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1674 you. You've been warned! :-D
0
a5ace2e037bc Tailorization
Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
parents:
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1675
6134
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1676 Sean: Although I tend to go right here in the two slot in NEWS,
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1677 we don't always commit in this order. This is the third time I've
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1678 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
1679 writing causing mass conflictination. Grrr. Stupid jerks. Anyway,
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1680 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
1681 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
1682 It's really not that interesting. In fact, I wouldn't even bother
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1683 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
1684 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
1685 Great, now Luke just committed NEWS causing more conflictination.
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1686 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
1687 Megan (Cae) or Kevin (SimGuy). They're stupid jerks too. Grrr...
48c72640b482 [gaim-migrate @ 6608]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1688
6129
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1689 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
1690 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
1691 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
1692 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
1693 Christian and Nathan. We had some help from a few civilians
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1694 finding and fixing bugs. Thanks to Megan (Cae), Ka-Hing Cheung
6130
153c5511ab7d [gaim-migrate @ 6604]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6129
diff changeset
1695 (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
1696 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
1697 in school. Just say no. Only you can prevent forest fires.
1d9a0532df1a [gaim-migrate @ 6603]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1698
6131
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1699 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
1700 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
1701 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
1702 preferences, accounts, pounces, and away messages. No more .gaimrc
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1703 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
1704 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
1705 used. Rob and I are working off an experimental tarball of what will
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1706 eventually be libgaim. He's working on a MacOS X UI (don't ask him
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1707 about it, he'll ignore you) and I'm doing a Qtopia UI (you can ask
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1708 about that, it's usable!). We added a new protocol, Trepia.
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1709 Information about it can be found at http://www.trepia.com/. It's not
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1710 complete, so don't send in bug reports about it not finding people in
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1711 your local area, please. Oh, and lots of MSN bugs were fixed.
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1712 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
1713 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
1714 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
1715 who has done an amazing job at locating, categorizing and documenting
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1716 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
1717 upcoming releases. Neat things are coming, but if it has fangs and
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1718 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
1719 correct.
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1720
6133
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1721 Luke: Wow! Finally releasing 0.65! Christian, Nathan, and Mark have
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1722 worked really hard for this release, all the credit goes to them.
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1723 The new preferences are awesome, and there are more bugs fixed for
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1724 this release than in the last 3 or 4 releases. Your MSN should work
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1725 reliably again, your preferences saved, your accounts resort, the
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1726 list goes on and on. A couple preferences, most notably your buddy
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1727 list sorting preference won't be imported, but almost all of them
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1728 will be and its probly a good idea for you to take a second look
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1729 through preferences again anyway, alot of you are starting to
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1730 forget that things are optional again. :-)
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1731
6137
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1732 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
1733 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
1734 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
1735 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
1736 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
1737
6157
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1738 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
1739 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
1740 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
1741 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
1742 the WinGaim systray code into the docklet plugin bringing those nice
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1743 docklet features (i.e. Message queuing) to WinGaim. Another major
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1744 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
1745 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
1746 plugins as well.
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1747
6127
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1748 0.64 (05/29/2003):
5562
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1749 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
1750 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
1751 all of your hard work, guys :).
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1752
5555
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1753 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
1754 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
1755 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
1756 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
1757 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
1758 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
1759 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
1760 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
1761 I did make my entire NEWS entry justified on purpose.
6503d24fda09 [gaim-migrate @ 5956]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1762
5553
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1763 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
1764 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
1765 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
1766 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
1767 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
1768 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
1769 Things will break. :)
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1770
5558
717cfc2362b4 [gaim-migrate @ 5959]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1771 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
1772 thank Jack Daniels for his exquisite bug reports. And whiskey.
717cfc2362b4 [gaim-migrate @ 5959]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1773
5559
f8f1586e8bc3 [gaim-migrate @ 5960]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5558
diff changeset
1774 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
1775
5403
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1776 0.63 (05/16/2003)
5409
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1777 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
1778 releases. However, that's okay. Work has been pretty friggin hec-
b70d6ebfc358 [gaim-migrate @ 5785]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1779 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
1780 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
1781 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
1782 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
1783 fun!
5403
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1784
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1785 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
1786 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
1787 from Gaim to keep myself from failing again, especially Christian and
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1788 Nathan.
9f4e2a0d3420 [gaim-migrate @ 5779]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1789
5404
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1790 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
1791 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
1792 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
1793 fixed, and a goodly number of the translations are more up to date
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1794 than they were in earlier releases. There are some other significant
44dea0d3f82f [gaim-migrate @ 5780]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1795 changes, but they are mostly backend stuff, yay for core/ui splits ;-)
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1796
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1797 Christian: As Sean and Luke said, I did a tiny bit of work in this
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1798 release. The MSN prpl was rewritten, and should now work better. It's
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1799 compatible with the MSNP7 protocol that MSN v4.x uses. Unfortunately,
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1800 MSNP9 is being worked on. Bah. Also, it has MSN Mobile support, so you
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1801 can register your MSN account with http://mobile.msn.com/ and people
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1802 can page your mobile device. You can also page other MSN Mobile users.
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1803 Groups are now stored on server. Oh, and due to the nature of MSNP7,
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1804 conversations are timed out after 5 minutes, so you'll unfortunately
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1805 see a message indicating that. Sorry! I wrote experimental support
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1806 for my own implementation of MSN buddy icons. You can set them in your
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1807 account settings much like with AIM, and when you talk to other gaim
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1808 users, they'll get your buddy icon. This will last for a few releases,
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1809 until the buddy icon implementation in the upcoming MSNP9 protocol is
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1810 figured out, and we have support for that. That'll be a couple months
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1811 away at least. Also, we have a rewrite of the plugin interface, so
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1812 rewrite your plugins! Things are going to get very cool from it. The
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1813 debug API was core/UI split, and some enhancements were made to the
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1814 debug window. I think that's all from me. It's been a fun release.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
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1815 Stay tuned, I have some great things coming up!
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1816
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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1817 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
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1818 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
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1819 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
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1820 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
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1821 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
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1822 get anything done. Jabber will get all sorts of fun new stuff for
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
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1823 the next release. Really. ;-)
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
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1824
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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1825 0.62 (04/23/2003):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
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1826 Sean: This is just another standard bi-weekly Gaim release. Nothing
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
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1827 really interesting, but it has some good bugfixes. Personally, I've
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
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1828 been a bit removed from Gaim development lately what with school getting
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
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1829 tough and stuff, but the rest of the guys have really been doing great
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
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1830 work without me. Thanks, guys.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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1831
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1832 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>
parents: 9390
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1833 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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1834 though, because I have some really cool stuff going into 0.63. Plugin
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1835 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
diff changeset
1836 actually a Good Thing (TM). Anyhow, upgrade to this release, and tell
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1837 your friends. 33 Gaim users can't be wrong!
5194
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1838
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1839 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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1840 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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1841 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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1842 busy. Hopeefully it will happen for 0.63.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1843
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5196
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1844 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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1845 my Pop-tarts now.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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1846
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1847 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
diff changeset
1848 release, and one major new feature. Our Jabber plugin now supports
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1849 XHTML-IM. In plain english, this means that you can now format your
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1850 jabber messages, and other people will see the formatting. GtkIMHTML
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1851 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
diff changeset
1852 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
diff changeset
1853 "I was hacking on Gaim" as a valid excuse for an extension ;-)
5198
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
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1854
5058
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
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1855 0.61 (04/07/2003):
5059
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1856 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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1857 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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1858 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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1859 faucet. It drips all night.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
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1860
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
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1861 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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1862 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
diff changeset
1863 since 0.60 other than commit some other peoples patches. The one from
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1864 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
diff changeset
1865 thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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1866
5058
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1867 Nathan: You want frequent releases? You got 'em ;-) Chip wrote some
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1868 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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1869 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
diff changeset
1870 buddies on my list, I definitely don't need duplicates. Being that I
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1871 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
diff changeset
1872
5075
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1873 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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1874 Well, among some of the fixes is my new buddy pounce code! This adds new
5bbd7d3ca93e [gaim-migrate @ 5428]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
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1875 buddy pounce types, core/ui splitifies the code, and makes the dialog
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1876 box spiffy. Yay frequent releases! Erm, I can't think of anything else
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1877 cool to say here. Have fun, everyone!
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1878
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
1879 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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1880 few patches from other people here, nothing earth shattering though. The
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1881 biggest thing in this release is the group re-ordering bug fix, having
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1882 that fixed will make for fewwer questions. Get used to using releases
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1883 people, we want to use cvs for actual development :-).
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1884
5078
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
diff changeset
1885 Mark: I didn't want to write any news without actually having done
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
diff changeset
1886 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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1887
5077
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5076
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1888 Sean: Luke can't spell "fewer". How un-cool is that?
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5076
diff changeset
1889
5023
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1890 0.60 (04/04/2003):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1891 Rob: Wow. So, it has been a really long time since we started the
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1892 gtk2 fork. It's finally ready for public consumption. Sean is about
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1893 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
diff changeset
1894 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
1895 you've got them. It's been a cool almost 10-months of development.
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1896 I hope you all enjoy. Drink'em if you got'em!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1897
5024
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1898 Sean: I'm writing this 3 minutes before my 21st birthday. Nobody can
8e55a4d362a3 [gaim-migrate @ 5361]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1899 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
1900 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
diff changeset
1901 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
1902 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
1903 enjoy! :)
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parents: 5023
diff changeset
1904
5025
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1905 Nathan: Happy birthday Sean! Rob decided to let me start cleaning up
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1906 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
diff changeset
1907 to describe 0.60. Prepare to be shocked and amazed. /me raises his
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1908 (shot) glass ;-)
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1909
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
1910 Christian: Geeeeeze this took a long time. Worth it though! Personally,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
1911 I thought we'd all just give up on releases altogether and tell
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
1912 everybody just to grab CVS. I'm pretty happy with this release. I was
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diff changeset
1913 able to contribute quite a bit to it. Makes me feel proud to be a gaim
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parents: 9390
diff changeset
1914 developer! I'm really looking forward to the future releases. I have
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diff changeset
1915 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
1916 sammich!
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
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1917
5029
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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1918 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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1919 to. I guess I missed the memo. Hmm, I ate at a restaurant somewhere,
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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1920 I think it was at Snowshoe, and the menu had "sammiches" on it. It was
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1921 pretty sweet. I'd like to give a shout out to all the Gaim
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1922 devizelopers for rizocking the hizzy the past few months. Word.
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1925 0.59 (06/24/2002):
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1926 Rob: I guess Sean is busy at home or something and Jim is asleep.
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1927 I'm very tired but it's time for a release. Enjoy. :)
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1928 SORRY FOR THE DELAY. :(
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1929
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1930 Sean: It's been a long time since our last release, and for no
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1931 good reason either. Rob and I just haven't been able to get together
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1932 to do it. But now we have. Aside from some Jabber changes and some
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1933 crucial MSN fixes, most of this release's changes are transparent,
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1934 but none-the-less important. Well get some better changes when my
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1935 computer works again, you have my word*
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1936
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1937 *My word is worthless.
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1938
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1940 0.58 (05/13/2002):
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1941 Rob: Yeah, so, my computer has been bad which is why the release
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1942 didn't go out on time. Oh well. I would like to welcome
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1943 Jim Seymour aboard the development team. He's going to be taking
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1944 over the work on our Jabber code as well as doing various other
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1945 nit picking. He likes to pick nits, nats, and umm, knots, I think.
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1946
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1947 Sean: This release has a long ChangeLog. Higlights include an
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1948 important security fix for MSN and a few nice new features.
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1949 Not *much* cooler than 0.57--but we're making progress ;)
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1950
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1951 Jim: Hmmm... Rob said I have to say *something*, so here it is:
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1952 Rob's a mango.
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1953
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1954 0.57 (04/25/2002):
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1955 Rob: Not too much in this release, as Sean said below. (This is
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1956 what happens when the bottom person goes first.) New translation,
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1957 a few fixes, secure msn hotmail logins, blah blah blah. As Sean
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1958 said, the next release will be cooler. If only you could read
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1959 our minds ;-).
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1960
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1961 Sean: Nothing too special here, but a critical Yahoo fix that
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1962 ensures Yahoo! will work when they discontinue the old protocol
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1963 all the other 3rd party clients are using. Next release will be
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1964 cooler, I promise.
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1965
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1966 0.56 (04/11/2002):
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1967 Rob: Well, what do you know. I have another headache. I always have
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1968 these damned headaches. I got pissed off with the way GtkTree looks.
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1969 I wanted to move to using GtkCTree. I think they're pretty.
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1970 Unfortunately, GtkCTree sucks. After a little digging through
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1971 the code, I managed to molest GtkTree into looking like
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1972 GtkCTree. Thanks to everyone that helped track down that one
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1973 annoying style problem.
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1974
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1975 Sean: Hello. This is another minor release while Rob and I finish
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1976 up on some bigger projects. We're reworking a lot of the UI to make
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1977 it easier to use, nicer looking, and more compatible with gtk2.
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1978 I've also been trying to bring the Yahoo plugin up to date, so it
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1979 will work for Indian users and avoid a potential problem in the near
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1980 future.
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1981
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1982 0.55 (03/29/2002):
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1983 Rob: 0.55 is here. I've been away for a few days on business. Sean
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1984 has been on Spring Break. Therefore, this release is mostly a patch
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1985 release. It does fix some bugs and makes a few thing slightly cooler,
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1986 so it's better in that aspect, I suppose. Enjoy.
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1987
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1988 Sean: This is mostly a bugfix release. I'm on Spring Break, not
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1989 doing any coding at all. But lots of people sent in great patches
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1990 anyway. Thanks guys!
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1991
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1992 0.54 (03/14/2002):
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1993 Rob: Well, here we are. 0.54. We got a lot of fun things in this
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1994 release. Better working SSI, Image sending, protocol specific
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1995 smiley faces, and a whole lot of triscuits. *gobble*
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1997 Sean: We fixed a lot of bugs in this one, and probably introduced
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1998 a bunch too. ;) We were both really busy, and did all the coding
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1999 late at night when we were tired, so if something isn't working,
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2000 it's probably just tired code. Enjoy the triscuits!
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2001
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2003 Rob: Well, we missed yesterday's release. That's Okay, I head a
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2004 nasty headache. You can all just deal. ;-)
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2005
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2006
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2007 Sean: Neat Goodies! Whee!! Oscar got a lot of great additions.
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2008 It can do Screen Name formatting, it can save and store your buddy
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2009 list on the server, it can do typing notifications in Direct
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2010 Connections, and yes, it can receive IM Images! Sending images will
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2011 be added in the next release. MSN and Yahoo! can do typing
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2012 notification too. Hooray!
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2013
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2015 0.52 (02/17/2002):
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2016 Rob: Well, after a long delay we're finally ready for another release.
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2017 I finally got settled into my new apartment, the new job is going
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2018 well, and I finally have internet connectivity again. You can expect
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2019 us to be back on our usually bi-monthly schedule. Enjoy these fixen,
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2020 as they resolve a few connectivity issues. :-)
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2021
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2022 Sean: It looks like things are back on track now. Eric left which is
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2023 sad. He's done so much for Gaim, and I know we're all thankful.
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2024 Thanks Eric! I'll be stepping in and do more development, but I can
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2025 never replace Eric. This release fixes a long-standing problem in
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2026 MSN. If you've gotten errors when trying to connect to MSN, you want
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2027 this release. If you've suddenly found yourself unable to connect to
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2028 Yahoo!, you want this release too. The "neat goodies" will be in the
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2029 next release ;)
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2030
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2031 Rob: Operation Evil does not exist! ;-)
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2034 0.51 (01/24/2002):
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2035 Rob: Well, here we go. I FINALLY got around to making a release
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2036 after over a month, Sorry for the delay, all. Things got really
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2037 hectic around the gaim house hold. This release isn't as complete
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2038 as I had hoped, but I promised to get something out. There's some
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2039 neat goodies in mind for the next release, right Sean? :-)
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2040
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2042 0.50 (12/13/2001):
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2043 Rob: I am tired. Tonight was weird. Bleh!!!!
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2045 Eric: I second that.
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2048 Rob: *still mamboing*
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2049
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2050 Whew! That was a bad little mambo. I hope everyone had a nice
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2051 little Holiday, if you celebrate. If not, then I hope you had
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2052 a sucky weekend. :-D.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
2053
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
2054 Oh, lots of cheese for everyone!! (Beware the duffle)
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
2055
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
2056 It's getting cloudy. I think it's going to storm somethin'
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
2057 fierce. That's my southern talk. Do you like it?
2726
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2721
diff changeset
2058
2816
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
2059 Eric: I want to be like you.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
2060
08048a6922da [gaim-migrate @ 2829]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
2061 Do the cha cha cha!
08048a6922da [gaim-migrate @ 2829]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
2062
2720
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
2063 0.48 (11/18/2001):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
2064 Rob: Hi! It's 4:12am! I'm watching The Simpsons. :).
e55c53902c05 [gaim-migrate @ 2733]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
2065 Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking! :) There's not
e55c53902c05 [gaim-migrate @ 2733]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
2066 too much for me to say in this release. I'd just like to
e55c53902c05 [gaim-migrate @ 2733]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
2067 thank Eric for his hard work. :)
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
2068
2721
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2720
diff changeset
2069 Eric: Everybody mambo!
2656
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2654
diff changeset
2070
2653
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
2071 0.47 (11/01/2001):
06395b1046b1 [gaim-migrate @ 2666]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
2072 Rob: Hi. Gaim v0.47 has been released, as you should already
06395b1046b1 [gaim-migrate @ 2666]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
2073 know. I hope all of you had a nice little halloween. There are
06395b1046b1 [gaim-migrate @ 2666]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
2074 quite a number of changes in this release. There are a few too
06395b1046b1 [gaim-migrate @ 2666]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
2075 many to list here, so I will redirect you to ye olde ChangeLog.
2654
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2076
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2077 Eric: Remember back in the day when TOC was the only protocol
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2078 Gaim could use? Remember the login window from back then? Back
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2079 before Gaim had perl or plugins or multiple connections or
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2080 10 different protocols. Things have changed so much since then.
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2081 Many more changes in this release as well. All good things.
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
2082 Don't forget to talk to SmarterChild.
2653
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
2083
2537
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
2084 0.46 (10/18/2001):
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
2085 Rob: Hey guys! The smores were great! I really enjoyed meeting
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
2086 up with all of you guys and singing campfire songs. It was
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
2087 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
2088
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
2089 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
2090 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
2091
2539
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
2092 Eric: Lots of fixes. Things compile well now. ICQ has stopped
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
2093 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
2094 Gaim because it was unstable, please get them to try this
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
2095 version. It's much better, I promise.
2537
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
2096
2429
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
2097 0.45 (10/04/2001):
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
2098 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
2099 release. There are several yummy additions in this release, and
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
2100 quite a few useful bugfixes as well. Unfortunately it seems that
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
2101 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
2102 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
2103 campfire. But for now, you'll need to keep yourselves occupied
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
2104 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
2105
2325
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
2106 0.44 (09/20/2001):
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
2107 Rob: Another release has come upon us. There were actually quite
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
2108 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
2109 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
2110 in ... you guessed it .. the ChangeLog. Oh, and if you're
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
2111 wondering about setting buddy icons, wait til 0.45 or
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
2112 use CVS shortly after this release. ;-)
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
2113
2326
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
2114 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
2115 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
2116 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
2117 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
2118 should load the plugin and join us. :)
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
2119
2225
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
2120 0.43 (09/06/2001):
2223
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
2121
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
2122 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
2123 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
2124 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
2125 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
2126 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
2127 either. So, since gaim was first released officially, there
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
2128 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
2129 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
2130
2225
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
2131 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
2132 often trend, that hopefully we'll stick to this time. Hopefully
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
2133 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
2134 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
2135 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
2136 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
2137 change mostly :)
2223
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
2138
2185
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
2139 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
2140 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
2141 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
2142 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
2143 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
2144 Instructions are at http://gaim.sourceforge.net/cvs.shmtl. And
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
2145 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
2146
2187
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2147 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
2148 story, but essentially, my company layed off a bunch of people,
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2149 myself included, due to poor management. I've taken a new
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2150 job which required moving across the country. I'm finally back
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2151 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
2152 able to code with out infliciting intense pain upon my lower
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2153 back and neck. So, basically, we were inactive, but not dead.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2154
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2155 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
2156 in progress. Our lawyers are still in negotiation with thiers.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2157 We'll keep you updated with what happens.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
2158
2057
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
2159 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
2160 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
2161 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
2162 right?
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
2163
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
2164 Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane.
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
2165 Remember that. It's a great Scott Adams quote.
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
2166
2058
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
2167 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
2168 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
2169 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
2170 24hr doughnut shop where I sat outside and talked about
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
2171 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
2172
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
2173 Enjoy this release guys! :-)
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
2174
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
2175
1967
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2176 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2177 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
2178 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
2179 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
2180 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
2181 passwords, and the man page got a big update.
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2182
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2183 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
2184 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
2185 plugin.
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2186
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2187 Peace!
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
2188
1968
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
2189 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
2190 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
2191 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
2192 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
2193 and Oscar is able to sign on again.
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
2194
1913
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
2195 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
2196 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
2197 unavailable online. Hooray.
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
2198
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
2199 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
2200 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
2201 that Eric did that I'll let him tell you about.
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
2202
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
2203 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
2204
1914
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2205 Eric: Every protocol except TOC has been improved since the last
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2206 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
2207 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
2208 you set it to Socks5 though.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2209
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2210 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
2211 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
2212 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
2213 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
2214 there.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2215
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2216 So that's it. Have fun with it :)
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
2217
1777
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
2218 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
2219 Rob: I bought a big carton of juice today. It is now 50% empty.
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
2220 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
2221 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
2222 Eric talk :)
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
2223
1778
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
2224 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
2225 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
2226 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
2227 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
2228 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
2229 changed, we shouldn't have any more troubles.
1777
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
2230
1782
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
2231 Rob: --. .- .. -- / .. ... / --. .-. . .- - --..-- / --. .- .. -- /
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
2232 .. ... / --. --- --- -.. .-.-.-
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
2233
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
2234 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
2235 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
2236 a steak last night. It was 16 oz. It was good.
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
2237
1715
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
2238 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
2239 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
2240 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
2241 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
2242 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
2243 IRC and will have made Napster more stable. Have fun!!
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
2244
1716
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
2245 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
2246 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
2247 were a lot of other good bugfixes (like registering for Jabber
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
2248 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
2249 working, but we'll see how long that lasts, eh?
1715
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
2250
1651
17f5cdb37f66 [gaim-migrate @ 1661]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1650
diff changeset
2251 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
1650
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
2252 Rob: Well, looks AOL was doing something naughty earlier this
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
2253 morning. Thanks to a very nice guy named Adam Fritzler (you
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
2254 all know him from libfaim) we're now back online. Thanks,
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
2255 Adam. I'll buy you a drink sometime :-).
1641
a0b1609d28fe [gaim-migrate @ 1651]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1637
diff changeset
2256
1636
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
2257 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
2258 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
2259 help you avoid the battle between Jabber and AOL. Most protocols
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
2260 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
2261 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
2262 jabber.org account, and then you can support Jabber using Gaim.
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
2263 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
2264 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
2265 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
2266
1637
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2267 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
2268 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
2269 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
2270 sometimes. Heh. As all of you probably know already, our Oscar
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2271 support was broken yesterday. There's a little battle going on
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2272 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
2273 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
2274 paragraph, as a matter of fact. ;-).
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2275
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2276 ** Good luck to the Jabber guys in getting this resolved **
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2277
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
2278
1636
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
2279 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
1602
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
2280 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
2281 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
2282 functionality as before with the exception of instability. I
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
2283 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
2284 you guys don't mind too terribly much ;-).
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
2285
1605
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
2286 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
2287 library and an option to have all conversations in one window,
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
2288 in addition to numerous bug fixes and other improvements. Don't
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
2289 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
2290 added, changed, or fixed, head over to our SourceForge page at
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
2291 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ and tells us about it.
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
2292
1602
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
2293
1538
0666792081aa [gaim-migrate @ 1548]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1513
diff changeset
2294 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
1540
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
2295 Eric: Yay! I get to go first!
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
2296
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
2297 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
2298 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
2299 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
2300 new features. Head on over to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
2301 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
2302 great requests so far, thanks.
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
2303
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
2304 I think I like releasing every week.
1538
0666792081aa [gaim-migrate @ 1548]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1513
diff changeset
2305
1541
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
2306 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
2307 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
2308 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
2309 Next release will contain my newly rewritten MSN plugin. You guys
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
2310 should be happy with it :).
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
2311
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
2312 Oh yeah, TUCAN rocks :) Oh yeah, Eric rocks too.
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
2313
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
2314
1513
865e06ec5be0 [gaim-migrate @ 1523]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1510
diff changeset
2315 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
1495
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2316 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
2317 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
2318 appologize. The protocols that I was working on really should be
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
2319 much more developed at this point -- they should be completed,
3d1c4e5f375b [gaim-migrate @ 1505]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1386
diff changeset
2320 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
2321 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
2322 things will get better now :).
1386
f8f9c68960ea [gaim-migrate @ 1396]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1362
diff changeset
2323
1501
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
2324 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
2325 hopefully releases can start coming more often than once every two
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
2326 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
2327 couple of months.
5c701857ba07 [gaim-migrate @ 1511]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1495
diff changeset
2328
1510
044e94674a0d [gaim-migrate @ 1520]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1501
diff changeset
2329 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
2330
1362
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2331 0.11.0-pre4:
1291
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1290
diff changeset
2332 Rob: HOORAY FOR DISNEYLAND!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1290
diff changeset
2333
1362
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2334 Eric: One more prerelease. I'm actually starting to think these
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2335 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
2336 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
2337 the whole release early-release often philosophy.
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2338
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2339 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
2340 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
2341 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
2342 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
2343 soon :)
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2344
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2345 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
2346 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
2347 out; it's much improved over pre3. Happy Holidays everyone.
3cea00ca7a34 [gaim-migrate @ 1372]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1337
diff changeset
2348
1289
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2349 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2350 Rob: Well, I hadn't initially planned on an 0.11.0pre3 but it
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2351 looks like it was needed. That's not necessarially a bad thing,
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2352 mind you. It just means you get to see more goodies!
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2353
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2354 This release includes some other fun features. See the ChangeLog
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2355 for more information. Also found in this wonderful release is
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2356 an MSN plugin. For all of you who have been holding onto Windows
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2357 simply because you have friends on MSN Messenger that you don't want
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2358 to leave, this plugin is for you! :)
1203
17193fb97b12 [gaim-migrate @ 1213]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1199
diff changeset
2359
1337
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1291
diff changeset
2360 Guys, make sure you send us bug reports; preferably on the
198b0e53d7c3 [gaim-migrate @ 1347]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1291
diff changeset
2361 SourceForge bug report forum at
198b0e53d7c3 [gaim-migrate @ 1347]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1291
diff changeset
2362 http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/. This will allow both
198b0e53d7c3 [gaim-migrate @ 1347]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1291
diff changeset
2363 Eric and I to handle the bugs and will prevent either one of us
198b0e53d7c3 [gaim-migrate @ 1347]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1291
diff changeset
2364 from losing the bug reports that are sent via AIM :-)
198b0e53d7c3 [gaim-migrate @ 1347]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1291
diff changeset
2365
1290
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2366 Eric: Hey everybody, Rob and I really want to hear what you guys want
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2367 to see in gaim. Head over to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim and
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2368 leave a message in the Open Discussion forum. We've gotten a lot of
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2369 good ideas so far (most of them didn't make it into this release,
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2370 unfortunately).
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2371
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2372 If any of you want to test out your mad coding skills, I can think of
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2373 a few projects that would be incredibly useful. Send me or Rob an IM
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2374 and we'll let you know how you can help. And don't forget to read the
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2375 HACKING file to see how gaim's put together.
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2376
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2377 This is hopefully going to be the last prerelease; now that all the
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2378 protocols that we're going to be doing for 0.11.0 are available it's
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2379 mostly just going to be hacking on them and getting them in usable
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2380 condition before the final release. Don't forget to send us bug
621ce0366ff4 [gaim-migrate @ 1300]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1289
diff changeset
2381 reports ;)
1289
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2382
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2383 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
1199
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2384 Rob: I messed up. Oh well, it's fixed.
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2385
1289
5aa2831e243e [gaim-migrate @ 1299]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1203
diff changeset
2386 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
1199
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2387 Rob: Hey guys! Guess what!? Yup, you're correct! It's the pre1
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2388 release of 0.11.0. We have all sorts of goodies in this release!
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2389 Check out the ChangeLog file. As always if you find any bugs,
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2390 please report them on www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/
1195
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2391
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2392 You may find several small bugs as this is still a prerelease.
1192
a97e334ecfa2 [gaim-migrate @ 1202]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 972
diff changeset
2393
1199
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2394 You may want to note that my IRC plugin does not have full
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2395 functionality as of yet. All of the important / commands will be
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2396 added before the final release. Also, if someone could send me
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2397 some good buddylist pixmaps for the irc plugin then I'd much
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2398 appreciate it. Thanks to everyone who made this new release possible!
1194
099b233e7da6 [gaim-migrate @ 1204]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1193
diff changeset
2399
1195
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2400 If you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions, please let us know
1199
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2401 either by e-mail or via the source forge message board at the URL
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2402 above. :)
1194
099b233e7da6 [gaim-migrate @ 1204]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1193
diff changeset
2403
1192
a97e334ecfa2 [gaim-migrate @ 1202]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 972
diff changeset
2404
1195
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2405 Eric: So what was Yay! For Gaim!? Yay was the codename for the
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2406 Yahoo plugin. The whole point of all of these changes was I wanted to
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2407 make a proof-of-concept plugin that would let Gaim sign into Yahoo. It
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2408 turned out to be pretty much impossible with the old code. So,
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2409 Rob and I hacked gaim so we could do just that. There's now a whole new
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2410 class of plugins, Protocol Plugins, that let users dynamically add new
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2411 protocols to Gaim. Just load the plugin, and create a new account that
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2412 uses that protocol, and you're set! Yay! (Oscar and TOC are both still
0af0a11af61e [gaim-migrate @ 1205]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1194
diff changeset
2413 static. Gaim is, after all, primarily an AIM client.)
1193
fc40fec4ae54 [gaim-migrate @ 1203]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1192
diff changeset
2414
1199
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2415 Lots of people have been very generous and contributed a lot of
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2416 time and effort to writing some really nice patches for gaim since
e51a758084f2 [gaim-migrate @ 1209]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1195
diff changeset
2417 the last release. To all of you, a big thanks.
972
4989c959f5b1 [gaim-migrate @ 982]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 959
diff changeset
2418
959
034d5d1d53eb [gaim-migrate @ 969]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 951
diff changeset
2419 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
034d5d1d53eb [gaim-migrate @ 969]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 951
diff changeset
2420 Rob: I am dumb.
034d5d1d53eb [gaim-migrate @ 969]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 951
diff changeset
2421 Eric: I am not dumb.
034d5d1d53eb [gaim-migrate @ 969]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 951
diff changeset
2422
950
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2423 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2424 Rob: What do you want me to say for yours?
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2425 Eric: What happened since the last release?
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2426 Rob: You got DSL.
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2427 Eric: Oh yeah, I'm more available now.
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2428 Rob: On a more serious note, this is just a quick release
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2429 to hold everyone over. Look for some very awesome things
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2430 coming in the next version. I can't say what, just yet,
27916b623ecc [gaim-migrate @ 960]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 923
diff changeset
2431 but what I can say is, Yay! For Gaim!
923
12407c6b3eb7 [gaim-migrate @ 933]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 920
diff changeset
2432
919
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2433 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2434
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2435 Rob: Hi Hi Hi! Yet another gaim release pushed out the door
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2436 for you guys. I hope you all enjoy it. There was a few minor
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2437 issues cleared up in this version as well as the repair of
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2438 OSCAR support. Hopefully we won't run into the same problem
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2439 as before. Oh well ;-). There's also a few small extra goodies
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2440 in here for you guys just check out the Change Log. I hope you all
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2441 enjoy and take care!
882
557a4a9cda3f [gaim-migrate @ 892]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 881
diff changeset
2442
920
972a180e9429 [gaim-migrate @ 930]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2443 Eric: Wanna know what the Oscar problem was? You'll laugh. 2 bytes.
972a180e9429 [gaim-migrate @ 930]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2444 The fix was changing 0x07da to 0x0686. Anyway, aside from the fix
972a180e9429 [gaim-migrate @ 930]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2445 for that, there are a couple other good things. Beware of DSL nazis.
972a180e9429 [gaim-migrate @ 930]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2446 They won't give you service until 6 weeks after you order it. So um,
972a180e9429 [gaim-migrate @ 930]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2447 yeah.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2448
877
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2449 0.10.0 (09/11/2000):
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2450 Rob: Well peoples, I know that it's been a while since our
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2451 last release. Here we go. Some brand spankin' new interfaces
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2452 for you guys to oogle at. I hope you all enjoy it. Hopefully
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2453 our next release won't take as long to finish up. Real life
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2454 kind of crept up on Eric and I and took up a lot of our times.
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2455 Life sucks that way sometimes. Anyways, we're back and all
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2456 is well. Thanks for hanging in there guys and we hope
0415a7e30328 [gaim-migrate @ 887]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2457 you enjoy it!
498
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 497
diff changeset
2458
880
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2459 Eric: LWE was so cool. Rob and I met up there, we had a blast. But I
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2460 only got to go for one day and Rob got to go for three. Lucky bastard.
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2461 It's been so long since the last release that I don't even remember
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2462 what's changed. But all of it is good :) Like Rob said, all kinds of
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2463 new UI stuff. I think there are some new features in there too. Now
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2464 I'm headed back to school so I'll have more time to hack gaim (isn't
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2465 that supposed to be the reverse?), just as soon as I get my internet
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2466 connection back >:-/ .
c643ebece193 [gaim-migrate @ 890]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2467
881
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2468 Rob: Oh yeah, some of our pixmaps may need a little work. We took
99c5ff50d83d [gaim-migrate @ 891]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2469 a lot of them from the Gnome Stock icons. If anyone could do some
99c5ff50d83d [gaim-migrate @ 891]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2470 custom ones that stay within the 24x24 boundary and keep the same
99c5ff50d83d [gaim-migrate @ 891]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2471 idea and feel as the gnome icons then we would be more than happy
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2472 to use them. Thanks much!! Viva la LWE.
99c5ff50d83d [gaim-migrate @ 891]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2473
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2474
497
67aaa2d02543 [gaim-migrate @ 507]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 496
diff changeset
2475 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
468
ad0371e3c4cb [gaim-migrate @ 478]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 386
diff changeset
2476 Rob: Well, guys, I hope you enjoy this version. I've done quite a bit
ad0371e3c4cb [gaim-migrate @ 478]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 386
diff changeset
2477 of work to the user interface. It's still not in the state that I
ad0371e3c4cb [gaim-migrate @ 478]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 386
diff changeset
2478 would like it to be, though. Over the next few versions you will
ad0371e3c4cb [gaim-migrate @ 478]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 386
diff changeset
2479 notice a few more interface changes as we try to bring a more
2536
0e0a54e5819a [gaim-migrate @ 2549]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2429
diff changeset
2480 professional look to Gaim. As always, we will stay true to our
468
ad0371e3c4cb [gaim-migrate @ 478]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 386
diff changeset
2481 pimpin' penguin atittude.
ad0371e3c4cb [gaim-migrate @ 478]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 386
diff changeset
2482
493
ca775ce7ff11 [gaim-migrate @ 503]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2483 Eric: While Rob's been busy making things pretty, I've been busy
ca775ce7ff11 [gaim-migrate @ 503]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2484 making things work :). The chat and IM windows got merged, which
ca775ce7ff11 [gaim-migrate @ 503]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2485 means that they both have the same features (notably, IM has /me
ca775ce7ff11 [gaim-migrate @ 503]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2486 and chat has font/color dialogs and smileys). Also smileys should
ca775ce7ff11 [gaim-migrate @ 503]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2487 work better in general now (thanks fflew).
496
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 493
diff changeset
2488
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 493
diff changeset
2489 Rob: By the way, what Eric is saying is that he's smart and I'm
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 493
diff changeset
2490 not and that he does all of the work and I sit on my butt all
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 493
diff changeset
2491 day and claim to do work. WOOO! Just kidding, brother :-P
493
ca775ce7ff11 [gaim-migrate @ 503]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2492
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 384
diff changeset
2493
379
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 330
diff changeset
2494 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
4196220f86d3 [gaim-migrate @ 389]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 330
diff changeset
2495 Rob: PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
4196220f86d3 [gaim-migrate @ 389]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 330
diff changeset
2496 PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
4196220f86d3 [gaim-migrate @ 389]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 330
diff changeset
2497 PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
330
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 323
diff changeset
2498
382
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2499 All of that nonsense aside, there are a few things that DIDN'T happen
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2500 in this version of gaim. The user interface changes will wait until
5e6edca11fcb [gaim-migrate @ 392]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2501 the 0.9.20 release. We've decided to turn 0.9.19 into a "new feature
5e6edca11fcb [gaim-migrate @ 392]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2502 and major bug fix" release. All/Most major bugs should be worked out
5e6edca11fcb [gaim-migrate @ 392]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2503 now. We're sorry about the problem of segfaulting when your buddylist
5e6edca11fcb [gaim-migrate @ 392]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2504 stored on the server was null. Oops! We won't let it happen again,
5e6edca11fcb [gaim-migrate @ 392]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2505 we promise.
5e6edca11fcb [gaim-migrate @ 392]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
diff changeset
2506
383
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2507 Eric: Lots of good changes in this one, including locale support. Chat
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2508 had a lot of things done to it, but it's still not finished. The UI
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2509 didn't get the overhaul we were planning, but we wanted to get a few
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2510 bugfixes out.
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2511
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2512 Lemme say something about reporting bugs. Please do. Please try to give
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2513 as much information as you can. But regardless of how much information
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2514 you give, please be POLITE. If you tell us our software is crap then
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2515 we're probably not going to respond well.
384
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2516
96858e76df48 [gaim-migrate @ 394]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2517 Rob: Before I close up and say goodnight, I'd like to say that I
96858e76df48 [gaim-migrate @ 394]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2518 agree with Eric. Reporting problems and/or helpful criticism in
96858e76df48 [gaim-migrate @ 394]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2519 a polite manner always yields the best results. Peace all, and
96858e76df48 [gaim-migrate @ 394]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2520 happy hacking.
383
841b58aa069f [gaim-migrate @ 393]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2521
320
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2522 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2523 Rob: Talk about release early, release often - sheesh! We're going
2536
0e0a54e5819a [gaim-migrate @ 2549]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2429
diff changeset
2524 insane. Ya know, I'm not too happy with the Gaim UI. I dont know
320
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2525 how the rest of you feel but it's time for a nice overhaul. In the
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2526 next few days I'll be sitting down with some of my friends and coming
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2527 up with an improved interface. I hope you all enjoy it. It'll
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2528 include better looking dialogs, icons, sounds (hopefully lol), etc.
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2529
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2530 And -- for your random silly message of the day --
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2531
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2532 "Beans and Franks, Beans and Franks, Wine And Beer, Have No Fear!
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2533 I can sing! I can dance! I have a penguin in my pants!"
849500bec397 [gaim-migrate @ 330]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2534
7391
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
2535 - Rob Flynn after not having enough sleep.
320
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2536
321
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 320
diff changeset
2537 Eric: I've had less sleep than Rob, I can guarantee you that. There's
14e78d939990 [gaim-migrate @ 331]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 320
diff changeset
2538 actually a lot going on in this release, despite 2 releases 2 days ago.
14e78d939990 [gaim-migrate @ 331]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 320
diff changeset
2539 Don't ask me how; I think the elves had something to do with it.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 320
diff changeset
2540
323
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2541 Oscar support is almost to the point where I'm considering removing
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2542 the 'experimental' label from configure. For those of you brave enough
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2543 to try it, I'd like feedback. (And if you happen to write a patch to
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2544 fix some of the stuff that would be really cool too.) Hopefully for the
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2545 next release, in addition to the cool new UI, Gaim/Faim will be able to
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2546 do nearly everything Gaim/TOC can do. (Big things coming in 0.9.19, I
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2547 can feel it....)
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2548
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2549 And just remember, you *can* have too many gummi candies. Especially if
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2550 you eat nearly a whole kilo of them. Believe me. I know. But the gummi
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2551 cherries are damn good.
e94a6f5d4088 [gaim-migrate @ 333]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2552
320
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2553 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
293
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 292
diff changeset
2554 Rob: I am an e-mail fiend!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 292
diff changeset
2555 (after receiving 60 emails within a 5 minute period about a problem
101b3b4609d1 [gaim-migrate @ 303]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 292
diff changeset
2556 and responding to all of them immediately)
101b3b4609d1 [gaim-migrate @ 303]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 292
diff changeset
2557
295
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 293
diff changeset
2558 I am stupid.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 293
diff changeset
2559
296
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 295
diff changeset
2560 Eric: Heh heh. 2 releases in one day. I'm impressed. Maybe one of these
a88b889b692b [gaim-migrate @ 306]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 295
diff changeset
2561 times we'll actually get some of it right ;) Anyway, yeah. Just bug fixes in
a88b889b692b [gaim-migrate @ 306]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 295
diff changeset
2562 this one.
295
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 293
diff changeset
2563
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
2564 Rob: Yeah, we wouldn't be ourselves if we released it once and got it
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
2565 right, would we? :-)
297
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 296
diff changeset
2566
2818
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2816
diff changeset
2567 0.9.16:
291
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 222
diff changeset
2568 Rob: Blah Blah Blah.
222
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 219
diff changeset
2569
292
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2570 Eric: Looks like Rob didn't have much to say, so I'll write something
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2571 instead :)
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2572
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2573 There's a few good things in this release, the most important of them
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2574 being: Better proxy support, of course. Oh yeah, and you can sign on now,
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2575 so that's a good thing too. There's a few more good things going on in this
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2576 release, so check out the ChangeLog.
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2577
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2578 Play nicely, and we'll keep hacking away at it.
6f2941cea9cf [gaim-migrate @ 302]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 291
diff changeset
2579
293
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 292
diff changeset
2580 Rob: Go Watch `Road Trip'.
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2581
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2582 0.9.15:
219
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2583 Hey boy's and girls. There's not much to say here this time.
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2584 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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2585 got our company website up and the product development is going pretty
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 170
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2586 smooth. Life's pretty sweet now.
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2587
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2588 We've hacked up all kinds of goodies for you in 0.9.15. There's
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2589 some file transfer (receive) support for those of you who have been
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 170
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2590 wanting it for a while. There's some other misc. goodies tossed in as
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2591 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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2592 design and get in touch with me. The current site is at:
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 170
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2593 http://www.marko.net/gaim
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2594
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2595 Thanks much!
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2596
170
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2597
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2598 0.9.14:
104
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2599 Well, there's a few random hacks and fixes in here, along with
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2600 a little suprise. You guessed it, kiddos, support for plugins! Happy
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2601 hacking!
76
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2602
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2603 0.9.13:
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2604 Not much to say for this release. Bug fixes, That's all. Look
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2605 for the goodies I promised in 0.9.13 to appear in 0.9.14 which should be
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2606 released very soon now.
56
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2607
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2608 By the way, our CVS is now hosted over at source forge. Go check
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2609 it out at http://www.sourceforge.net. Please check there before submitting
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2610 any bug reports (You can read our CVS comments to see if we have fixed any
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parents: 69
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2611 problems).
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2612
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2613 0.9.12:
25
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2614 Well guys, looks like we got some nifty things in this version.
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2615 TrueType Fonts are supported for those XFSTT buffs out there (or whatever
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parents: 7
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2616 else you use). A crap load of those plaguing memory leaks have FINALLY been
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2617 fixed. My brother, Jeramey, and a new friend Peter Teichan helped stomp
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2618 those babies out. A rad guy by the name of Eric Warmenhoven has been
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2619 really sweet lately and has all but rewritten the Gnome Applet support :).
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2620 He submitted patch after patch. I finally got annoyed with him (just kidding bud)
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2621 and gave him CVS access. Look for Gnome Applet support in Gaim to start improving.
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2622 That's about all for now. I wanted to get this release out there. File Receive
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2623 support will be in 0.9.13 which is due out soon.
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2624
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2625 0.9.11:
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2626 Jeramey got a new Comfy Chair! Its very very comfy! Whee!
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2627 Jim also had a little hyper-drunken moment and started hacking away at
2536
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2628 a new configuration format for Gaim. Looks like we're running .gaimrc
0
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2629 version 1 now. Gotta love it. I got bored and hacked in a couple font
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2630 properties that will, in time, contain more features. That's about it
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2631 for this version -- cept for that memory leak we fixed. Shush! We're
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2632 not plumbers! -- rob
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2633
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2634 ** Extra special update **
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2635
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2636 Well guys, it looks like we all stopped working on gaim, moved to California,
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2637 and took up a new job. Don't worry though, those beach bums out here havent
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2638 worn off on us yet. I've decided to pick up the Gaim torch myself and continue
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2639 development ont he prohect. Hopefully we wont have any more five month braks in
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2640 the project. Sorry about that, guys :)
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2641
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2642 0.9.10:
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2643 Umm. Dont ask. Silly memory leak. For those of you who
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2644 wondered, you were losing about 256 bytes every 25 seconds for each
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2645 person you have on your contact list. Make fun of us. Better yet ..
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2646 Send us beer. We'll do better :)
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2647
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2648 0.9.9:
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2649 Welp, All of you boys and girls who run Mandrake and have some
2536
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2650 problems with Gaim working properly, please check out the FAQ file. It
0
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2651 contains a nice fix submitted by one of our users. I hope this works for
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2652 you guys!
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2653 Jim appears to have intoxicated himself. This is, as always, a
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2654 Good Thing (tm). His late-night adventure with the liquid-bread food group
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2655 lead to the birth of a nice little feature called `The Lag-O-Meter'. Dont
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2656 ask, just try it out :). It is pretty pointless if you have a super-fast
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2657 connection but if you are a modem user, like many of us are, then try it out.
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2658 There's also some idle preferences and some other little random
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2659 bug fixes. Check'em out yo :)
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2660
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2661 0.9.8:
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2662 Get Along Lil' Doggies. Heh. Looks like we have yet another new
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2663 version of gaim for you guys to play with. Be gentle now, it has a few
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2664 new fetures. The HTML widget is now more robust and we have *da da da*
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2665 HTTP proxy support.
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2666 Oh By The Way, Do not pay too much attention to what we are doing
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2667 with this release. We are all a little bit happy tonight. You must love
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2668 life. This is a special release of gaim. We will be releasing some wonderful
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2669 photographs soon .. or perhaps if we get the bloody webcam working then we
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2670 will take a couple of quick snapshots.
2536
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2671 Looks like the Gaim developers convention (cool name huh) that we
0
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2672 had this weekend in Auburn, AL went wonderfully :). yum yum yum. Hahahah. Oh
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2673 by the way. Beware of insecure rednecks in the deli. Bad things.
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2674 In (non)related news, Jeramey could not successfully slaughter the
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2675 one pound hamburger that he ordered. (I think he could have done it but he
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2676 wasn't feeling very well at the time).
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2677 Oh Yes, New Logo Too :) You likes? Thanks, Naru!
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2678 Just a little side-note: it looks like we didnt make the release that
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2679 we had expected during the Gaim Convention. Maybe we partied too much? I am
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2680 not sure. I remember watching the sun rise before I went to bed, though.
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2681 Oh well. Here's your release! Enjoy!
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2682 By The Way, we have uploaded our party pictures to a website.
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2683 http://www.dorky.net/gaim/party/ They are nothing spectacular but I hope you
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2684 enjoy them! :).
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2685
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2686 0.9.7:
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2687 Well, boys and girls, it's that time again! Yup, time for the good
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2688 release fairy to come bless us with her infinite wisdom and divine presence.
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2689 Umm, yeah, something like that. Anyways, this release has several little
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2690 "bad" network fixes (as Jim likes to say) and a couple touch-ups to a few
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2691 other features. It also features preliminary oscar support. Thanks to Jim
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2692 and Adam ("the libfaim guy") hehe :) We have also corrected a problem with
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2693 gaim not wainting to correctly save your password if you have an underscore
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2694 in it. Thanks to w1za7d for pointing out the underscore problem. ' and \
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2695 have also been fixed in passwords. :o)
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2696
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2697 0.9.6:
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2698 Sorry about the little segfaulting bugs in the past release. Rob
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2699 is stupid. :). Anyways, they have been patched up and a couple new features
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2700 have been added. I hope you guys enjoy.
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2701
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2702 0.9.5:
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2703 Well we added a myriad of new features to this release. (A lot of
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2704 small buggie fixes too.) If you need a detailed list just check out the
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2705 ChangeLog. We now have a new webpage design and have added a FAQ to the
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2706 distribution. Before coming to us with any problems please take a quick
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2707 look through the FAQ to make sure we havent already covered your question.
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2708 Also, thanks to our beloved Web Monkey, FlynOrange, we have all
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2709 learned the true power of foam weapons, slinkies, and whoopie cushions. Hmm
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2710 gotta love those pranks, eh?
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2711
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2712 0.8.0:
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2713 Well, just starting the NEWS file. I'll try to remember what's new
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2714 from the last version. Hmmm. BIG code reorg. Import/export, buddy pounce
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2715 among the major new features. Autoconf script too, which is a big win.
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2716 Apologies to those who submitted patches which haven't made it in.. I
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2717 promise, the next version! This code reorg took up a lot of my time, and I
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2718 want to get it out there.
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2719