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author Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
date Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:31:11 +0000
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
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1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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3 2.5.0 (08/15/2008):
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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4 Daniel: Lots of good stuff in this release. Lots of people have worked
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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5 very hard on the updated MSN protocol, and it's finally time to bring
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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6 it to the world! There are myriad bugfixes, including some important
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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7 ones so you should be sure to update.
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Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com>
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Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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9 Hylke: Finally MSNP15 support. To celebrate this I refreshed a lot of
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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10 the smilies used in the protocol and added the long awaited indispensable
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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11 bunny icon. I think this is one of those releases that will make a lot
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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12 of users happy, especially MSN users.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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13
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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14 Elliott: Oh look, my first NEWS! Well anyway, with that new MSNP15
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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15 support, this release is set up to be a huge success and a total flop
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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16 all at the same time. Here's hoping it's the "huge success" one for you.
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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17 Those icon changes that Hylke made, while minor, really make things look
Elliott Sales de Andrade <qulogic@pidgin.im>
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18 a little cleaner, I think. Oh yea, did I mention that MSNP15 stuff?
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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20 Ka-Hing: "Reject"ing a certificate after your account is signed off is
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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21 not recommended. Deleting the file after you start sending it is also
Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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22 discouraged.
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7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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24 2.4.3 (07/01/2008):
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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25 Richard: This release includes important bug fixes. I'm just cutting
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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26 the release. Thank you to the real heroes who did the fixing!
7ccff2eb6c94 Prepare for a 2.4.3 release.
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27
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28 2.4.2 (5/17/2008):
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29 Sadrul: We added some usability changes in this release, including the
dc59bd6bb1ec Newsify for 2.4.2. No puns intended.
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30 typing notification, buddyicon and input area size in the conversation
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31 windows, escape to close conversation windows etc. These changes should
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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32 make pidgin more usable and more fun for Everyone! *wink*
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33
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34 Stu: I fixed some memory leaks, but nothing like as many as Daniel did.
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35 MSN buddy list synchronization should be significantly less painful now,
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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36 and opening MSN inboxes might work better too. SILC passphrase changes
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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37 and support for passphrase-less keys has been improved also.
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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39 2.4.1 (3/31/2008):
a7c1fbbe959d We should release 2.4.1 tomorrow. I want to do it in the morning, but lots
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40 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
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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42 John: Well, I didn't really do much this release except muck about with
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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43 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>
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061b8fd1c781 John and Stu looked lonely, and I suppose I should NEWS at some point.
Will Thompson <will.thompson@collabora.co.uk>
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45 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>
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46 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>
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47 Pidgin might actually run for them now!
061b8fd1c781 John and Stu looked lonely, and I suppose I should NEWS at some point.
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48
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49 2.4.0 (2/29/2008):
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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50 John: While this release took what seems like forever to get out the
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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51 door, I think it's well worth the wait, especially for Yahoo! users.
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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52 This release serves up some fixes for long standing bugs and adds
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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53 file transfer for transfers with newer Yahoo! clients (finally!). As
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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54 is standard with code I committed, where it works great thank the
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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55 patch writer, and where it's broken, feel free to yell at me. Enjoy!
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56
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Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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57 Sadrul: Finch is more colourful and blinky in this release! There's
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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58 now a log viewer, which is very useful, and also the ability to
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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59 block/unblock buddies. It's now also possible to find chat rooms on
Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil@gmail.com>
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60 many services, e.g. XMPP, IRC, Yahoo! etc. Happy Leap Day!
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62 Ka-Hing: I think all I've done for this release is committing some
080b73d9ceaf (17:59:47) stu.tomlinson: khc: say something random
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63 patches written by other people.
080b73d9ceaf (17:59:47) stu.tomlinson: khc: say something random
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64
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65 Stu: Finally, 2.4.0 lands. I didn't do all that much except complain
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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66 about things I didn't like or just revert Sean's changes. I'm quite
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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67 pleased with how well it's turned out in the end.
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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68 Happy Birthday Fred, you must be nearly 10 now ;-)
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70 2.3.1 (12/7/2007):
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71 Stu: I'm sorry for the MSN problems and the plugin crashes in 2.3.0.
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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72 Hopefully this will redeem us. This fixes a number of bugs. I'm a
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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73 bit late but I'd like to welcome John to the team. Enjoy!
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74
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75 Luke: I've done absolutely nothing in the last 2 weeks, except watch
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Ka-Hing Cheung <khc@hxbc.us>
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76 others commit bug and, more, leak fixes. People should be noticing
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77 remarkably fewer memory leaks now than 2 or more releases ago.
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78
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79 Kevin: I'm not quite sure what happened to our MySpaceIM Summer of
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80 Code student, but I fixed a few MySpace bugs with idle and status.
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81 I will try to fix some of the other more significant bugs, after I
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82 figure out the protocol, especially including grouping issues.
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84 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 :-)
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85 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>
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86 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>
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87 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>
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88 fixed for earlier releases. Happy Thanksgiving!
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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90 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>
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91 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>
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92 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>
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93 features for you all. Enjoy!
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John Bailey <rekkanoryo@rekkanoryo.org>
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94
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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95 2.2.2 (10/23/2007):
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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96 Luke: Because the main branch of pidgin development is still not
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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97 ready for public consumption, I have taken some time to try to
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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98 pull the many bug fixes that have happened since then into a
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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99 separate branch. This release is the result of that effort.
5144169b5b4b Lets release today
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101 2.2.1 (9/28/2007):
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102 Richard: We have some new code in the pipeline, but it's not quite
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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103 ready for a general release. Instead, this is basically a bug fix
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
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104 release.
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106 Luke: Unfortunately the necessity of this bug fix release means
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107 some of the tickets that have been closed as part of the 2.2.1
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108 milestone are not actually fixed yet. We have grabbed as many
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109 of the changes as we could while avoiding those that are as
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110 yet unstable though, and this should still be a marked
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111 improvement over 2.2.0. We have spent a lot of time since the
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112 last release looking at the tickets that have been submitted
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113 and many of them have been closed.
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115 Stu: I haven't NEWS'd in a while. I haven't actually done much for
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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116 too long also, maybe I'll find some time soon. This release is
Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
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117 basically what 2.2.0 should have been - it actually compiles this
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118 time.
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119
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120 2.2.0 (9/13/2007):
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121 Sean: 2.2.0 contains the results of several major Google Summer
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122 of Code branches bringing some new, extraordinary features. We
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123 have a new protocol, MySpaceIM, a bunch of new features for an
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124 existing protocol, XMPP, and nifty new certificate management
ef35d7f5a5b6 Please NEWS and continue to ChangeLog things.
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125 to make sure your IM server is who it says it is.
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126
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127 Ka-Hing: A number of you noticed crashes when dragging windows
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128 around when certain options are enabled. Well, that was my fault,
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129 and Sadrul fixed it. So Props to him and poos to me. I haven't
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Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
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130 done much for this release, but the next one should contain
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131 something that I helped work on. Hint: students are cheap slave
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132 coders!
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133
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134 Kevin: I haven't really been coding much in Pidgin, and this
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135 release is no exception, but I will be working on getting our
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136 wonderful web site to be a little more functional by next
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137 release. I promise!
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138
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139 2.1.1 (8/20/2007):
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140 Sean: Continuing our schedule of frequent releases, Pidgin 2.1.1
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141 is out. In it, we've addressed a lot of UI issues from our
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142 experimental new changes introduced in 2.1.0, and gave a lot of
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143 attention to Yahoo! and Bonjour. Thanks to everyone who
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144 contributed.
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146 Luke: We have reworked some parts of the conversation windows in
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147 response to user comments. We did not quite reach 100 tickets
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148 closed this release, so a fair few will role over again. Still,
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149 we are slowly but surely working our way through the reported bugs.
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150 Many thanks to everyone who has helped with tracking down the
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151 various issues, testing fixes, and getting patches in.
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152
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153 Tim: Sean finally got me to fix some of the buddy list bugs with
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154 Yahoo! when in version 15 mode. So now we have some Yahoo! to
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155 MSN support, which is kind of nice. Looks like some others have
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156 been contributing to Yahoo! while I've been AWOL, so many thanks
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157 to them.
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158
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159 2.1.0 (7/28/2007):
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160 Sean: This release took a bit longer than 3 weeks, but boy is it
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161 worth it! We're beginning to experiment with new UI concepts and
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162 this release features a largely re-designed conversation window.
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163 We've closed 150 tickets for this release; much thanks go to all
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164 the developers, translators, and testers who made this possible.
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165
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166 Ka-Hing: Sean said no one else NEWS'ed, so I figure I should.
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167
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168 2.0.2 (6/14/2007):
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169 Sean: Another big maintenance release. Again, about 100 tickets were
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170 resolved in this release, and they keep coming in. Lots of bug fixes,
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171 some minor icon adjustements, hopefully we addressed some ICQ
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172 internationalization issues, and support for Bonjour on Windows!
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173 Our next release will be 2.1.0, and will come with some great new
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174 features.
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175
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176 Stu: I think we're gradually getting the hang of this 3 week thing
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177 again. This release includes yet more bug fixes. I'd also like to
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178 specifically thank Pekka Riikonen for the patch to enable using SILC
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179 Toolkit 1.1 with Pidgin/libpurple that is included in this release.
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180
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181 2.0.1 (5/24/2007):
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182 Sean: 2.0.1! Three weeks later, as scheduled! It is so nice to have
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183 regular, frequent, releases again! This is a bugfix release; We have
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184 fixed over 100 issues reported to us at http://developer.pidgin.im.
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185 Thanks to everyone for their great work, and look for the next release
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186 in another three weeks!
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187
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188 Stu: Lots'o'fixes in this. I don't know how you users find so many
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189 things for us to fix. 24 hours in a day (sadly). 24 is divisible by the
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190 sum of its digits and by their product. It is the smallest composite
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191 number, the product of whose divisors is a cube.
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192
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193 Luke: I requested that we have a bug fix release, and so we have!
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194 Many, though unfortunately not all, of the reports that have been
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195 submitted to us since 2.0.0 have been fixed now, and so you should
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196 all have a much more stable experience with this release. I also
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197 want to thank the many users who have resubmitted their reports
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198 as we close out the old Source Forge bug tracker. If all goes well,
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199 your report will get the attention it deserves as we continue to
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200 work on Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
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201
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202 Nathan: A ton of fixes have gone into this release. The feedback
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203 we've gotten on 2.0.0 has been incredible. Hopefully we've resolved
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204 most of the critical issues with 2.0.1. If we haven't, I'm sure
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205 our wonderful users will let us hear about it. I seem to be
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206 forgetting something...oh, right, I haven't promised any cool new
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207 features in the next release! So, I promise at least one cool new
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208 feature in the next release...you just might have to adjust your
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209 definition of 'cool' to get it.
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210
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211 Etan: Perl plugins now have access to almost all of the savedstatus
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212 API functions. I also removed a couple of the preferences from the
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213 Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin which should help many of the people
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214 for whom the configuration dialog size was a problem. The removed
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215 preferences no longer had the effects they were added to have anyway.
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216
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217 2.0.0 (5/3/2007):
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218 Sean: 2.0.0! It's real exciting to finally release Pidgin 2.0.0! I'm
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219 really proud of all the work we've all done. I'm pumped. And, while
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220 I could go on about all the amazing thing that have been added since
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221 1.5.0, what I'm really excited about is getting back to a regular,
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222 rapid, release cycle of active, open development, unhindered by legal
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223 quandries. Huge thanks to everyone involved.
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224
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225 Luke: We have finally managed to get 2.0.0 out the door, after nearly
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226 but not quite 2 years of effort and fustration. No one regrets more
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227 than I that we were unable to make any of betas 3-6 the actual release.
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228 But at long last, it is out, and life can return to a more normal
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229 state. There were many tough calls to be made in the last 2 years.
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230 Not everyone has agreed with the resulting decisions, that is un-
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231 fortunate, but unavoidable. Suffice it to say that despite what
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232 some users appear to think, a ton of thought, argument, discussion,
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233 and experimentation has gone into this release. This release
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234 builds on many years of experience, both as developers writing the
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235 code, users using it, and in supporting other users. I hope that
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236 those who download and install this will give it a fair shot, and
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237 attempt to avoid knee-jerk reactions.
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239 Evan: One small step for bird, one giant leap for birdkind... except
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240 this is hardly one small step. A lot more has changed from Gaim 1.5.0
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241 than just the name. Pidgin has a *very* attractive new look, a whole
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242 new member of the family (Finch, formerly gaim-console) has been born,
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243 and libpurple has come into its own as a solid, full-featured library
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244 powering the greatest IM clients around. Bugs were fixed and
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245 features were added by the hundreds (thousands?) since the last
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246 major release, all while improving performance and resisting feature
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247 creep. As Luke said, a ton of thought and effort has gone into
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248 Pidgin 2.0.0; I'm proud to have played a part.
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249
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250 Stu: We did it! finally, we have 2.0.0. It's been a long time coming,
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251 but there's a great deal of goodness here. When I say a long time, I'm
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252 not kidding - it's been 972 days since we branched off "oldstatus"
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253 (aka 1.x). The early Greeks were uncertain as to whether 2 was a
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254 number at all (or if we'd ever make this release) - it has a beginning
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255 and an end but no middle (much like our unfortunately quiet development
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256 period). 2 is the first prime number and the only even prime. 2 is also
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257 the first deficient number (oh well). There are only 10 types of people
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258 in the world - those who like our new names and those who do not.
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259 Enjoy!
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260
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261 Richard: I'm very glad that we've finally gotten 2.0.0 released and
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262 I look forward to returning to a more normal development schedule.
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263 Again, a big thanks to everyone who helped in any way to get things
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264 where they are today. Congratulations everyone!
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265
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266 Sadrul: My first NEWS, and on what an occasion! Pidgin 2.0.0 is finally
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267 released!! And it's *really* very good!!! Give your soul a break ...
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268 Use Pidgin!
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269
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270 Daniel: There has been a fair amount of weeping and gnashing of teeth
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271 due to the delays in getting this beast out. I'm really happy that it
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272 is done. I'm also very happy with what we're releasing - I think it is
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273 far more stable, packed with useful features and, dare I say, prettier
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274 than any previous release.
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275
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276 2.0.0beta7 (4/29/2007):
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277 Sean: Beta 7. The final beta. A few major changes from beta6. For
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278 starters, we have some new names. That's pretty cool. We have a new
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279 logo, to go along with it. And a lot of great icons! As Nathan mentions
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280 below, we're totally back in the open now, having a signed agreement
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281 from AOL that puts us in the clear. We all really regret having to go
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282 completely dark for so long. Anyway, unlike betas1-6, which were of
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283 normal release quality, this one is actually beta quality. There are
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284 a few significant known issues, and a lot of changes that need a lot
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285 of real-world testing. So, if you'd like to help us out, give it a
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286 whirl, and let us know if you run into any major issues.
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287
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288 Nathan: So, the secret is out now. We renamed to Pidgin. I'd just
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289 like to apologize to everyone we've had to keep in the dark for the
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290 last however-many months. I know it looked like development slowed
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291 to a crawl, but in reality we've been working pretty hard to get
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292 2.0.0 out the door, without getting into any legal trouble. I
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293 realize that if we were some big corporation, we'd be getting flamed
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294 about this secrecy for months. Please try to remember that we're
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295 just a bunch of geeks who were scared of legal stuff (well, at least
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296 I was. Scared, that is). The bottom line is that we're out in the
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297 open again, and fully plan to stay that way. We're also opening up
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298 the mail archives from the secretive past few months. You can scan
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299 through them if you want, or I can summarize. "Are the lawyers done
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300 yet? No. Now? No. How about now? No." All lawyer jokes aside,
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301 I'm grateful to our legal team for crossing all the 't's and dotting
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302 all the lowercase 'j's to get us the deal we got. Anyways, thanks
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303 for your patience, and on to 2.0.1!
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305 Gary: Well my silence, and our silence has ended. Finally the name
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306 change is over and done with and we can go back to a normal dev
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307 cycle. Now if I can just get myself back onto a normal dev cycle,
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308 but that's another story all together.
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309
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310 Ethan: Not to be too "me-too", but I have to say that I'm really
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311 excited about the project's new name and identity, and glad to be
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312 out of the legal mess. We're pushing beta 7 with all of the
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313 branding and organizational changes that have been going on for
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314 the last few months, so there are likely to be some snags --
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315 please help us out by trying beta 7, searching for any bugs you
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316 find in the bug tracker at http://developer.pidgin.im/, and
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317 documenting them if they are unknown or you can provide new
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318 information. Help us make 2.0.0 final a release to be remembered
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319 (in a good way)! I'd like to give huge thanks to all of the
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320 developers, our steadfast supporters, the crazy patch writers, and
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321 everyone else who has made this transition to Pidgin possible, and
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322 the improvements that go along with it. I'd like to extend a
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323 special thanks to Sean, for leading us through the legal issues
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324 and taking care of all of the paperwork and overhead that no one
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325 wants to deal with.
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326
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327 2.0.0beta6 (1/17/2007):
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328 Sean: Barring any seriously major new issues, we expect this to be
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329 the final beta release before 2.0.0. This has a bunch of cool UI
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330 changes, some Google Talk features, a bunch new plugins, and other
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331 goodness.
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332
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333 Nathan: Beta6 rocks. That is all.
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334
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335 Gary: Long time no news. My silence will end soon ;)
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336
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337 Evan: My first news! I knocked out a nice collection of crashes,
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338 thanks in part to my ever-patient Adium beta testers. Gaim 2.0.0
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339 is going to be delicious. :)
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340
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341 2.0.0beta5 (11/9/2006):
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342 Sean: Another release in our endless stream in betas. This one's
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343 pretty awesome; and it fixes major bugs introduced in previous
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344 ones.
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345
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346 2.0.0beta4 (10/17/2006)
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347 Sean: Still beta. Maybe the next one should be a gamma.. :)
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349 Daniel: I'm super chuffed to announce that this will work with newer
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350 (i.e. >= 2.8.0) versions of GTK+ on Windows.
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351
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352 Luke: Several significant changes in this one, including no longer
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353 using libao for sound! There are no doubt bugs here, but hopefully
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354 nothing major.
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355
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356 Nathan: I don't have much to say, but yay for another beta!
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358 Etan: I did a bunch of perl work for this beta again, there is now
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359 some support for perl scripts to call functions in the gtk ui, it
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360 still needs work.
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361
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362 2.0.0beta3 (03/25/2006):
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363 Mark: Yeah, I know, another beta. Don't worry, we'll get this
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364 puppy out the door eventually.
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365
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366 2.0.0beta2 (01/24/2006):
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367 Mark: So this is the new year, and I don't feel any different, but
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368 Gaim is getting better. We hope this will be our last beta before
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369 we release the final version of 2.0.0. As before, please shower us
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370 in feedback!
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371
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372 Richard: I'm proud to say a lot of bugs have been squashed in this
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373 version. If you filed a bug against beta1, please test to see if
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374 it's fixed now and update your bug report accordingly (by either
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375 closing it or setting the version to 2.0.0beta2). I'm also looking
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376 for someone who uses Gaim on MacOS X to test a patch for me before
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377 I can commit it. See http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php for my
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378 contact information.
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380 Etan: So I did a bunch of work on the perl plugin since beta1, so
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381 anyone who uses perl plugins would do well to expect some things to
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382 need updating (I'm not certain everything works yet, so please send me
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383 any reports of things that don't). Most of the work was correcting
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384 some namespace issues, but I also improved the support for perl
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385 plugins having plugin_pref frames, and plugin actions. Multiple perl
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386 plugins can now have plugin_pref frames at the same time, and every
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387 perl plugin can have multiple plugin actions now. Like Mark said
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388 above, let us know how this beta works out.
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389
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390 2.0.0beta1 (12/17/2005):
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391 Sean: I think Nathan sums everything up really well below. There's still
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392 a bunch we want to add (and remove) before the official release, but we
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393 really want to start getting feedback about what's good and what's not.
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394 So, please, be vocal about this beta!
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395
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396 Nathan: 15 months since we branched oldstatus, and started working on
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397 the behemoth that is 2.0.0. In that time, we've added a couple new
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398 protocols, we had a few crazy patch writers become developers, and
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399 had a few more people step up to be crazy patch writers. Sean wrote
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400 a book, and we arbitrarily decided to make a version 1.0.0, and a
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401 new versioning scheme. We got new artwork, and added almost 200 lines
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402 to the ChangeLog. We've watched 2 major GTK+ releases, and added all
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403 kinds of features using them. OK, I've wasted enough bits here. This
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404 beta rocks, but it is a beta. Treat it as such, and enjoy!
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406 Gary: Finally we have a beta. There are a lot of new goodies, including
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407 quite a few summer of code projects that couldn't get added into the
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408 oldstatus branch because API changes. We also have a new mono plugin
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409 loader for even more plugin fun.
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411 Richard: Thanks to all who wrote patches (big or small) for this beta.
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413 Tim: Well here it is, the first beta. There's a lot of cool things in
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414 here, but not all of them are finished or debugged. But then that's
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415 why it's called a beta. Conversations are now contact-aware, and
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416 there's a new status selector. There's smooth scrolling on incoming
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417 messages as well. Our Crazy Patch Writers have been doing a good
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418 job too, it seems like we're never lacking some patches in the
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419 tracker to review.
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420
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421 Etan: I know I'm not going to be able to think of all the things I should
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422 talk about here so I'll just go with the stuff I remember. Adding buddies
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423 on ejabberd jabber servers should work more correctly now (it's possible
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424 adding buddies on other servers is a bit broken currently I'm still
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425 looking into it). There are still other jabber issues I'm looking into
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426 with handling of buddies.
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427 In other topics, I finally brought my Accounts menu into gaim, though the
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428 current example of it isn't exactly what I had in mind, anyone with any
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429 suggestions/comments/etc about it please speak up.
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430 Other than the stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention this beta should
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431 be awesome as gaim 2.0.0 is going to be awesome. Have fun with it.
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432
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433 Luke: pretty much everything important has been said, so this is going to
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434 be rather repetative. This is a beta folks, so it will have bugs. It
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435 will crash unexpectedly. Perhaps even frequently. Use it at your peril.
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436 But do use it (though you might want to back up ~/.gaim first), and let us
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437 know what needs to be fixed.
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438
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439 Mark: Yay.
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440
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441 Stu: Wow!
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442
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443 Siege: Sametime accounts created with gaim-meanwhile should merge over
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444 for use in the beta just fine. Some of the familiar settings regarding
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445 the buddy list are gone, so I recommend backing up your Sametime blist
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446 before getting down and crazy. Have fun, and happy early Decemberween!
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447
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448 Daniel: Enjoy! In the hopes that this prevents someone pain... do not use
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449 Glib/GTK+ 2.8.x with Wingaim - it will not work. We're looking into the
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450 problem and hope to have it resolved before the final release.
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451 "Happy Holidays!"
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452
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453 1.5.0 (8/11/2005):
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454 Mark: No super crazy major changes here. Just the usual bug
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455 fixes and some pretty important security updates.
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456
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457 Stu: Buy Sean's book. He obviously needs the money. Other than that
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458 we fixed some bugs with this release (I don't think we did much else).
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459 SoC students are doing lots of cool stuff which we'll hopefully be
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460 able to bring you in a future release.
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461
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462 Nathan: I've continued my streak of doing nothing useful lately.
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463 However, I've now got a brand-spanking-new DSL line, so I might
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464 actually get to contribute soon. One way or another I'd like
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465 to get HEAD into a more useable state in the next month or two.
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466 Also, like Stu said, buy Sean's book. I've been reading and
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467 fixing it for the last umpteen months, so you had better enjoy
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468 it.
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469
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470 1.4.0 (7/7/2005):
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471 Mark: The last month or four we've promoted a bunch of the Gaim
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472 Crazy Patch Writers to developers, so there is now an even larger
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473 team of brilliant and amazingly sexy committers working around
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474 the globe for your instant messaging pleasure. Also, we have
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475 what I believe to be our first contribution from a Summer of Code
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476 student in this release: Jonathan Clark enabled the sending of
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477 files to certain ICQ users. Support is still a bit rough, but
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478 he'll be working on it throughout the summer.
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479
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480 Luke: Exciting times this summer as our Summer of Code interns
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481 start their projects. This is mostly a bug fix release, with the
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482 ICQ file transfer that Mark mentioned and some buddy icon work
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483 being the only real new code. Hence the extra week delay. A
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484 big thanks to our translators who keep churning out updates even
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485 when we give them short notice as well. Enjoy!
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486
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487 1.3.1 (6/9/2005):
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488 Sean: It's been a while since I've done one of these. Welcome to
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489 Gaim 1.3.1, "New Hyde Park." This is, again, another bugfix release
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490 but it comes with two keen announcements. First, I'd like to welcome
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491 Christopher O'Brien to the Gaim team. He has integrated his work on
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492 the Meanwhile project into Gaim, ensuring that Gaim 2.0.0 will include
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493 Sametime support. Also, we're participating in Google's Summer of
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494 Code, which you all should check out at
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495 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/summerofcode/
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496
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497 1.3.0 (5/10/2005):
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498 Luke: This release fixes SILC for multiple accounts. HOWEVER, you
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499 may lose your buddy list (for SILC only) upgrading. This is
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500 rather unavoidable as the previous code did not keep track of
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501 which account each buddy belonged to.
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502
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503 Stu: I'm glad we're finally getting this out, if fixes a number of bugs
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504 ranging from minor to not so minor. I'd also like to welcome Gary to
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505 the team - he's done a great job with Guifications, I'm sure he'll do
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506 good stuff here too.
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507
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508 Gary: Well I got pretty much nothing done for this release. Although I
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509 do have quite a few things in the works that will come to fruition when
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510 I find some more free time.
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511
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512 1.2.1 (4/3/2005):
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513 Luke: Several important fixes this time around. Big thanks to
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514 Robert McQueen, Stu, Nathan, Ethan, and everyone else who has helped
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515 with this effort. Maybe next time we can get a decent chance to fix the
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516 problems *before* they go public to have a normal release process.
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517
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518 Nathan: Jabber got some updates this release (finally). I've got
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519 more planned, but simply haven't had the time to anything about it.
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520
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521 1.2.0 (3/17/2005):
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522 Luke: Happy St. Patrick's Day all. Sean scheduled a release for
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523 today, we'll see if we can pull it off. :-) This release
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524 features somewhat more than just bug fixes, some improvements
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525 have been made to the conversation API which may affect plugin
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526 developers. Yahoo users should also thank Tim and Bleeter for
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527 their efforts.
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528
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529 Etan: I'm going to NEWS since I actually did something this time.
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530 Jabber will allow you to unsubscribe to someone's presence
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531 without logging out and in again, this does break seeing yourself
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532 on your buddy list, but hopefully we'll fix that again for the
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533 next release.
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534
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535 Stu: Happy St. Guinness^wPatrick's day.
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536
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537 1.1.4 (2/24/2005):
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538 Sean: Another bug fix release. A big thanks to Rob McQueen, Ari
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539 Pollak, Don Seiler, and Warren Togami: some packagers who helped
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540 debug a nasty glib 2.6 problem. Also thanks to our own Stu who
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541 found and destroyed an MSN crash and an HTML parsing error
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542
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543 Luke: Early release to handle the MSN and HTML crashes, as well
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544 as the glib crash. Maybe that makes up for having had a 4 week
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545 period before the last release. This one should be the nice
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546 stable release we meant 1.1.3 to be. Enjoy!
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548 Stu: I cleaned up the whitespace in this NEWS, it was bugging me.
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550 1.1.3 (2/17/2005):
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551 Luke: Yet another bug fix release, many thanks to everyone who has
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552 helped to make gaim more stable!
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554 Stu: I fixed too many Yahoo HTTP proxy bugs, I should just go and
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555 write some core HTTP support that works better. A good all round
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556 bug fix release otherwise.
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558 1.1.2 (1/20/2005):
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559 Luke: Another Bug fix release. This one featuring a fix to the HTTP
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560 Method for MSN users and other MSN fixes. A big thanks to Stu and
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561 Felipe Contreras for those. Stu also spent a long time in valgrind
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562 and so this brings you a Gaim release with fewer memory leaks. This
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563 release is on time primarily because I want to see the MSN fixes
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564 make it into Debian and Fedora before freezes. Expect further bug
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565 fix only releases to come at longer intervals, at Mark's request.
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567 Daniel: This is my first NEWS! (YaY) I didn't really do too much for
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568 this release. There are a few bugfixes, mostly wingaim stuff. Oh, and
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569 I like the new XP System Tray icons.
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571 Sean: I'm down here today. I haven't really been paying too much
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572 attention to these boring bugfix releases, but I'd like to thank
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573 David and welcome him to the team. I'd also like to thank Steven
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574 and Nathan from Silverorange who redid the webpage.
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576 Tim: Another bug fix release. I didn't really fix any bugs, so
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577 I didn't exactly do much for this one. The autopackage will now
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578 work with mozilla-nss, if anyone has that, and not gnutls11. (It
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579 works with either gnutls11 or mozilla-nss, but not gnutls10)
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580 I started working on Gaim-vv again though, and I merged someone's
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581 custom msn smiley patch into the 2.0.0 tree, so expect good things
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582 whenever that's released (no, don't try it now, you won't like it).
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583 Oh and welcome to the team Daniel. Of course, he was already on my
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584 Gaim-vv team.
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585
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586 Stu: Welcome Daniel! you've done some good stuff already. Felipe did some
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587 good work on MSN yet again, so you can all use the HTTP method now. I
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588 didn't do all that much, other than let valgrind tell me what to fix, and
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589 a couple of easy bug fixes from the bug tracker. Hopefully Ethan will get
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590 well soon, so he can get back to merging patches and fixing things.
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592 Nathan: I think I made some Jabber fixes, at least one of which is
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593 ChangeLog'd. I will continue to make empty promises about new features,
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594 especially for 2.0.0. Until then, welcome Daniel!
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596 1.1.1 (12/28/2004):
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597 Luke: This bug fix release features msn improvements, drag and drop
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598 improvements, and some translation stuff. Thanks for everone who has
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599 helped with it, and hopefully we can get 2.0.0 out soon. On a side
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600 note, i'm still looking for someone to look at the perl plugin loader.
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602 1.1.0 (12/02/2004):
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603 Luke: Another in our series of bug fix releases, with a slight twist.
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604 Everyone thank Ethan for implementing a fall back encoding for IRC,
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605 it has been much requested and should make a number of users very
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606 happy. See the ChangeLog for details on other fixes.
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608 Stu: Much thanks to Miah Gregory and Felipe Contreras, a bunch of
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609 memory leaks have been fixed. Felipe also fixed a good number of
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610 other MSN bugs. I didn't do much except apply these guys fixes. It's
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611 good to see fixes from Gary coming in again too ;-). I like the
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612 docklet adjustments Christian made. Btw, we have a new MSN protocol
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613 icon, and I think you'll love it.
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615 Tim: I made Gaim binary relocatable this release, so Gaim can find
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616 itself if it gets lost, and I'm going to try to make autopackages
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617 for this release, if the autopackage guys release their new version
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618 soon like they're talking. I also "fixed" a scrolling bug, by
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619 realizing it was all Gentoo's fault. The IRC encoding thing Ethan
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620 did is pretty nice, no more encoding error messages!
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622 Ethan: Rumor has it that I did some work this release, but it's just
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623 that, a rumor. I think Luke started it. I did lay the hammer down
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624 on bogus word wrapping in the NEWS, so you can thank me for that.
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625 Keep your powder dry.
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627 1.0.3 (11/11/2004):
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628 Luke: Not much to see here, some bug fixes that you all will enjoy as
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629 the semester draws to a close and everyone still in school gets bogged
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630 down with projects, papers, and exams. Enjoy! Oh, and if you are interested
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631 in the perl or gadu-gadu functionality, please step up to help write
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632 patches, as both of these code blocks are currently unmaintained.
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634 Tim: I fixed a couple bugs this time. In other news, Kim wants to get
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635 a pet cockatiel or two.
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637 Nathan: I was gonna put a new feature in this release, but decided
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638 not to because I found a bug in it today, and I'm tired. Also, I haven't
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639 consulted the powers-that-be about putting new features into oldstatus.
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641 Stu: I'm writing this at 11:11:11pm on 11/11. Eleven. It's 3 really. Or B.
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642 It's the 5th smallest prime number. Himalia is the 11th moon of Jupiter.
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643 Hendecagon. There are 1011 players on a football team. XI. 16 hours. Eleven
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644 is the smallest positive integer requiring three syllables in English. This
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645 entry is my 11th lie for today.
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647 1.0.2 (10/19/2004):
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648 Stu: I'm new around here. I tried to reduce the number of bugs in the bug
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649 tracker, but it turns out that the only way to achieve that is to actually
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650 _fix_ the bugs. So I fixed a couple, and then sneaked some patches out of
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651 the patch tracker to fix some others. Sadly the bug tracker was not
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652 significantly affected, maybe if I learn C I'll be able to make more of an
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653 impact.
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654
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655 Luke: Don't let Stu fool you, he has done a marvelous job on this release,
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656 and deserves a lot of credit for it. And a number of those bug fixes are
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657 critical ones that he discovered and fixed himself. So go update. Now.
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659 Nathan: On the other hand, Nathan has done nothing for this release. Why
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660 do we keep him around again?
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662 Tim: So, I'm married now, and in Huntsville. I don't remember if I did
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663 anything for this release or not, probably not. Bleeter has been more
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664 active lately though, perhaps we'll see lots of cool things from him
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665 soon.
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666
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667 Sean: I'm down here with the "didn't do anything" guys.
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668
10089
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669 1.0.1 (10/07/2004):
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670 Congratulations to Tim & Kim on their wedding!
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671
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672 Sean: So, if you're playing along at home, you're aware that
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673 incrementing the micro version number means that the API has
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674 not changed at all. Although that itself is insignificant to
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parents: 10034
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675 most everyone but plugin developers, but users won't find too
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parents: 10034
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676 many significant changes. Consult ChangeLog. We're currently
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parents: 10034
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677 branched for some major changes, so expect a really great 2.0.0
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parents: 10034
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678 sometime relatively soon.
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parents: 10034
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679
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parents: 10034
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680 Luke: Nothing much to see here, some bug fixes. Most of the work
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parents: 10034
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681 is going towards the 2.0.0 release. We aren't quite sure when
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parents: 10034
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682 that will be, and will keep the bug fix releases coming untill
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parents: 10034
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683 all is ready.
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parents: 10034
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684
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parents: 10034
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685 Christian: I would call this a ground-breaking release, but it isn't.
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parents: 10034
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686 It seems like a good one, though. I dunno. I've been too busy at VMware,
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
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687 unfortunately, but have some work that's just waiting to be finished up
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
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688 for Gaim. Gaim 2.0.0 is going to rock. Gaim 3.0.0 will rock more.
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
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689 Do you see a pattern? Thanks go out to Henry Jen for fixing up parts of
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
diff changeset
690 the gevolution plugin to support multiple addressbooks, and to all our
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parents: 10034
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691 moms, for believing in us. Or something.
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parents: 10034
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692
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parents: 10034
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693 Nathan: I got a new computer. It's fast. And has twice the bits!
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Stu Tomlinson <stu@nosnilmot.com>
parents: 10034
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694
10034
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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695 1.0.0 (09/17/2004):
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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696 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
697 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
698 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
699 new versioning scheme has slightly more meaning than the older
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
700 one (expecially for plugin authors), but our 1.0(.0) release is
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
701 just as meaningless as we could have hoped. Enjoy!
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
702
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
703 Luke: We've changed our pattern for version numbers with this
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
704 release, we are no longer simply counting versions. This release
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
705 then marks, not something traditionally "1.0" but the current
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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706 version of the api. When backwards compatability with that breaks
343889b2f654 [gaim-migrate @ 10988]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
707 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
708 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
709 bindings, please get in touch with me, my contact info is on the
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
710 website. Gaim could use your help.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
711
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
diff changeset
712 Mark: I love a circus.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 10032
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713
9872
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
714 0.82 (08/25/2004):
9852
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 9691
diff changeset
715 Rob: Woah, where did I come from?
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
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716
9871
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
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717 Mark: Lately I've been doing a lot more code maintenance/patch
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
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718 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
719 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
720 seems like we're lacking fewer features. It makes me warm.
9871
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
721 Quick Robin! To the traverse wall!
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9852
diff changeset
722
9872
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
723 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
724 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
725 something cool for this release, but instead I stuck to the minor
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
726 stuff. <insert empty promises for the cool stuff i'll code for
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
diff changeset
727 next time here>
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9871
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728
9873
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
729 Tim: Lately I've been doing a lot more patch accepting, and a
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
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730 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
731 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
732 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
733 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
734 some good patches. So, instead of promising to code something
aa0761051017 [gaim-migrate @ 10752]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9872
diff changeset
735 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
736 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
737
9877
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
738 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
739 better than others, and bugging other people to code stuff. Oh
062fa333ec1f [gaim-migrate @ 10756]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
740 and closing some bugs. Thanks to Dave West for joining the cpws
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
741 in helping to handle triage. This is mostly a bug fix release,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
742 so PLEASE upgrade to it before submitting new bugs.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9873
diff changeset
743
9880
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
744 Kevin: Herman's been away, so Daniel Atallah and myself were given
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
745 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
746 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
747 libpng to address recent security advisories. Besides plotting and
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
748 a little bit of testing, this NEWS is all I really did. Oh, I also
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
749 rerefixed the transparency plugin... again! Our beloved Hermanator
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
750 should be back next time around, for 0.83.
0c2096ea15c5 [gaim-migrate @ 10759]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9878
diff changeset
751
9688
af6bf08d1e67 [gaim-migrate @ 10540]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
752 0.81 (08/05/2004):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
753 Sean: Three weeks again! Sticking to schedules is awesome! Just
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
754 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
755 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
756 awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped report, triage, fix, and
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
diff changeset
757 test.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9543
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758
9689
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
759 Christian: Yay for three weeks working so well. Boo for me not
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
760 doing much of anything this release, aside from a small memory
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
761 leak fix. I'm starting a new job and leaving my current one, so
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
762 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
763 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
764 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
765 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
766 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
767 get that nailed for you soon, promise.
09e572962a11 [gaim-migrate @ 10541]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9688
diff changeset
768
9690
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
769 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
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770 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
771 we've had some really talented new contributors contributing
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
diff changeset
772 recently. I won't say names... but watch your backs. Or something.
255896caa3df [gaim-migrate @ 10543]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9689
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773
9691
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
774 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
775 settled in to my new job, and in a couple days, I should be settled
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
776 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
777 have a connection there shortly, and can start being useful again.
52503a0ed4ae [gaim-migrate @ 10544]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9690
diff changeset
778
9537
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
779 0.80 (07/15/2004):
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
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780 Sean: Three weeks! Hooray for timeliness! I didn't do much here
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
781 but drag-and-droppable file transfers. Drag something into a
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
782 conversation window, and it will be sent. Kinda neat.
cfe6b7008391 [gaim-migrate @ 10365]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9395
diff changeset
783
9540
44cef0cee90c [gaim-migrate @ 10368]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9537
diff changeset
784 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
785 I somehow brought this upon myself.
9540
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9537
diff changeset
786
9542
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
787 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
788 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
789 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
790 some cool things "soon" though, both with Gaim and Gaim-vv.
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
791 Bleeter sent me some nice dumps I need to implement yet.
b8e60a474725 [gaim-migrate @ 10370]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9541
diff changeset
792
9543
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
793 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
794 small, but remember, this is summer, and people have lives. SILC
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
795 and Zephyr are making good progress from our Crazy Patch Writters,
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
796 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
797 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
798 problem isn't fixed yet, maybe next release
da0ee0765cb5 [gaim-migrate @ 10371]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
799
9382
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
800 0.79 (06/24/2004):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
801 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
802 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
803 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
804 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
805 they'll continue to try to break us, though, so don't be surprised
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9124
diff changeset
806 if your Yahoo cuts out again.
9543
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9542
diff changeset
807
9384
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
808 Luke: I was really distracted this cycle, I want to thank my co-
9387
bcdf6a530d41 [gaim-migrate @ 10195]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9386
diff changeset
809 developers and our crazy patch writers for keeping things going.
9384
9bfd0e336c91 [gaim-migrate @ 10192]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
810 We have a fairly long changelog for you this release, including some
9bfd0e336c91 [gaim-migrate @ 10192]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
811 nice bug fixes and some much-requested new features, the ChangeLog
9bfd0e336c91 [gaim-migrate @ 10192]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
812 has all the details there of course. Enjoy!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
813
9383
bb328381a387 [gaim-migrate @ 10191]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
diff changeset
814 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
815 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
816 to go! Movie with the girls and Farmer's Market.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9382
diff changeset
817
9385
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Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
818 Tim: This release brings us /commands in the core, which hopefully
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
819 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
820 bugged for packet captures, like Simguy, Bleeter, and odl. Yahoo!
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
821 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
822 messenger stuff, but then Cerulean Studios was cool and fixed the
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
823 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
824 the Yahoo! Japan support, for those of you with Yahoo! Japan
a618770b2ed5 [gaim-migrate @ 10193]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9384
diff changeset
825 accounts.
9386
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
826
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
827 Mark: I fixed that icon animation thing that caused Gaim to lock-up.
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
828 I also stepped on something at the beach and I think there might be
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
829 a little rock or something in my foot now.
5cfd3df8a08e [gaim-migrate @ 10194]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 9385
diff changeset
830
9390
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
831 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
832 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
833 Jabber stuff, and some IPv6 stuff. I must have been sleepcoding
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
834 or something, because I haven't had time for such things. Ah well,
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
835 enjoy this release. We'll see what I can get to in the next 3 weeks.
e0ff0c58a8c7 [gaim-migrate @ 10198]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9388
diff changeset
836
9124
4ab8f2b8168b [gaim-migrate @ 9901]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9114
diff changeset
837 0.78 (05/30/2004):
9102
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
838 Luke: A very long time, once again, since the last release. I think
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
839 its mostly worth it. A few of you will still have trouble with msn
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
840 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
841 efforts on the part of Mark, we closed 400 some odd reports this
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
842 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
843 crazy patch writer who has brought massive improvements to WYSIWYG
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
844 and direct im this release. Again, it still won't work for every
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
845 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
846 noticably, this release brings a LARGE simplicfication of the
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
847 preferences available. Please don't complain if your favorite
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
848 preference is no longer there. Take some time to think about
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
849 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
850 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
851 usually be that the preference isn't all that important.
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
852
9103
1359e5275b3c [gaim-migrate @ 9880]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
853 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
854 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
855 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
856 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
857 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
858 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
859 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
860 count on it. Thanks to everyone who congratulated me. And thanks
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
861 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
862 Crazy Patches.
9103
1359e5275b3c [gaim-migrate @ 9880]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9102
diff changeset
863
9104
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
864 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
865 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
866 valuable contributor for awhile now. Thanks again to Felipe Contreras
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
867 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
868 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
869 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
870 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
871 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
872 the meantime, enjoy.
a8587a1a9e88 [gaim-migrate @ 9881]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 9103
diff changeset
873
9106
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
874 Gary: Congrats to Tim, no more competing for most ChangeLog entries.
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
875 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
876 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
877 and then some should appear in 0.79.
d6e3e05d365e [gaim-migrate @ 9883]
Tim Ringenbach <marv@pidgin.im>
parents: 9104
diff changeset
878
9108
6a17b7e2e3b2 [gaim-migrate @ 9885]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9106
diff changeset
879 Sean: I'll write my entry down here tonight. Removing preferences
9395
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
880 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
881 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
882 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
883 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
884 complaints this way.
9108
6a17b7e2e3b2 [gaim-migrate @ 9885]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 9106
diff changeset
885
9114
345c8faadf8a [gaim-migrate @ 9891]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
886 Nathan: I really didn't do much thanks to exams, and graduation, and all
345c8faadf8a [gaim-migrate @ 9891]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
887 of that fun stuff. For next release, I'll have all new excuses, like my
345c8faadf8a [gaim-migrate @ 9891]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
888 new job, or maybe something I haven't even thought of yet. Oh yeah, and
345c8faadf8a [gaim-migrate @ 9891]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
889 a big warm welcome to Tim!
345c8faadf8a [gaim-migrate @ 9891]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 9108
diff changeset
890
8762
831a0488a719 [gaim-migrate @ 9517]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
891 0.77 (04/22/2004):
831a0488a719 [gaim-migrate @ 9517]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
892 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
893 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
894 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
895 Evolution OpenOffice). Also, Novell has released their first release
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
896 of their GroupWise plugin, included in this release. Good stuff all
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
897 around.
8762
831a0488a719 [gaim-migrate @ 9517]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8553
diff changeset
898
8763
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
899 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
900 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
901 improvements to the WYSIWYG support, much thanks to all involved. If
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
902 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
903 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
904 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
905 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
906 changed. A nice solid release for you all :-)
e835c6a8dfb1 [gaim-migrate @ 9518]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8762
diff changeset
907
8764
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
908 Ethan: Once again I thought about doing some things and committed
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
909 things that other people did. This development model is awesome. I
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
910 helped Mark refactor some stuff and our collective code ownership
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
911 helped us utilize a coherent system metaphor during our pair program-
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
912 ming sessions. It was extremely extreme. Look for some hard crypto
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
913 lovin' from yet another crazy contributor in the near future...
f8570fee2a57 [gaim-migrate @ 9519]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8763
diff changeset
914
8765
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
915 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
916 previous release, but LSchiere2 didn't commit that until this release.
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
917 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
918 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
919 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
920 for the next release.
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
921
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
922 Etan: Looking for someone to pair program with.
ae8879bfa9fd [gaim-migrate @ 9520]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8764
diff changeset
923
8768
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
924 Christian: A round of applause to our crazy patch writers! Their
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
925 contributions this release is impressive. WYSIWYG has come a long way
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
926 since 0.76 thanks to them. Also, thanks to Felipe Contreras for his
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
927 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
928 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
929 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
930 hopefully make it into release soon.
585f43fb52a1 [gaim-migrate @ 9523]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8765
diff changeset
931
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
932 0.76 (04/01/2004):
8548
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
933 Sean: Yeah, it's been a long time since the last release, and despite
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
934 what others may tell you, we were just really lazy. This is pretty
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
935 much just 0.75 again, but, like, someone changed the "Info" icon and
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
936 I think, like, the Chinese translation may have been updated. We did
fae482a76700 [gaim-migrate @ 9290]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8547
diff changeset
937 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
938 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
939 stuf in this one." They lie. All of them.
9102
5f64eaa1e766 [gaim-migrate @ 9879]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8768
diff changeset
940
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
941 Luke: Okay, normally I wait for Sean to go first, but he said to commit.
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
942 Its been a few months since the last release, but we haven't just been
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
943 lazy. A very long ChangeLog for you all. Most notably of course is the
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
944 addition of WYSIWYG input for chats and conversations. Many thanks to
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
945 DAYS of long work by Sean, Gary Kramlich, Kevin Stange, Tim Ringenbach,
9395
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
946 and Stu Tomlinson for their efforts writting, fixing, and testing
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
947 this. Without the dedicated support of our crazy patch writters, this
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
948 release would have taken yet longer. Sean also has yahoo working again,
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
949 with some assistance from our friends over at Trillian, you may all
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
950 officially rejoice. We also have a large number of bug fixes, closing
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
951 more than 200 bug reports this month alone.
8540
c803c4b0c97b [gaim-migrate @ 9282]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8055
diff changeset
952
8541
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
953 Christian: It's been a long time between the last release, but I think
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
954 you guys will find that we've managed to do some neat stuff in this one.
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
955 So many bug fixes and new features. It's enough to drive a wombat mad!
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
956 The new WYSIWYG input is cool stuff. You'll either love it or hate it,
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
957 I guess. I'm working on some stuff that some of you are going to love,
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
958 but I'm not promising it for a few more versions. It's a secret!
67777d6f72b8 [gaim-migrate @ 9283]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8540
diff changeset
959
8542
08081555f214 [gaim-migrate @ 9284]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
960 Mark: Our crazy patch writers rock. Gary Kramlich, Tim Ringenbach,
08081555f214 [gaim-migrate @ 9284]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
961 Kevin Stange, and Stu Tomlinson did an amazing job of tying up
08081555f214 [gaim-migrate @ 9284]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
962 loose ends and helping get this release out the door. Thanks guys!
8547
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
963
8543
74a8c841e18b [gaim-migrate @ 9285]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 8542
diff changeset
964 Rob: My birthday is in a few days. I like cool stuff. Buy me something
74a8c841e18b [gaim-migrate @ 9285]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 8542
diff changeset
965 grand!!
8542
08081555f214 [gaim-migrate @ 9284]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 8541
diff changeset
966
8547
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
967 Tim: Luke said write a NEWS, so I thought I would. There's a room
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
968 list dialog now. And Nathan and I doubled the number of protocols that
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
969 can transfer files. After that I got lazy/busy and let Gary, Kevin,
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
970 and Stu fix all the bugs.
9b2f06d7412a [gaim-migrate @ 9289]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8543
diff changeset
971
8551
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
972 Nathan: Rob happens to share a birthday with my sister. So far she's
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
973 been very vague about what she wants. She's not an easy person to shop
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
974 for. As for things you probably care more about, this release has so
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
975 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
976 bugs from 0.75 are fixed. Jabber has a first pass at file transfer
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
977 support (no proxy support yet). SOCKS 5 proxy support may have gotten
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
978 a little better as a side-effect. Twinkies and penguin points to all
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
979 of the crazy patch writers, who did more than their fair share this
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
980 release.
379320562c15 [gaim-migrate @ 9293]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8548
diff changeset
981
8553
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
982 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
983 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
984 same sister. For this release, I thought about making IRC better, I
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
985 thought about making Tcl better, and I committed patches from several
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
986 others who actually did these things. And probably some other
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
987 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
988 source philosophy that lets them get so CRAZY.
225e22e5c89e [gaim-migrate @ 9295]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8551
diff changeset
989
8047
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
990 0.75 (01/09/2004):
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
991 Rob: Woah, what's this? Me? Making a NEWS post!? Say it ain't so!
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
992 That's right, kiddos, I'm finally coming out of my reclusiveness.
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
993 I had a pretty shitty few months, and also just needed a break from
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
994 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
995 a little word from Eric Warmenhoven.. :P
9debddd2d782 [gaim-migrate @ 8732]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7635
diff changeset
996
8049
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
997 Eric: Ah, Rob and Eric. Just like the good ol' days. Now, if
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
998 you'll excuse me, I have to go make some commits with Led Zeppelin
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
999 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
1000 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
1001 in an Eric Warmenhoven costume.
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1002
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1003 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
1004 something _very_ neat.
5218cbc8c420 [gaim-migrate @ 8734]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 8047
diff changeset
1005
8050
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1006 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
1007 support is now bar-some, quickly approaching bar-none! Everything
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1008 else in Jabber got neat improvements too. I'll leave it up to you
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1009 to figure out what they were.
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1010
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1011 <boilerplate promises for cool features in $version++>
451d2a6c4905 [gaim-migrate @ 8735]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 8049
diff changeset
1012
8051
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1013 Christian: I've been a bit absent this release, due to life stuff
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1014 and working on some other projects. Some MSN goodies are going to be
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1015 available in an upcoming version, and I have some neat Gaim-related
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1016 stuff I'm working on that will hopefully see the light of day. I'd
13ff53abc105 [gaim-migrate @ 8736]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1017 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
1018 every time I say that, something breaks horribly right after we
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1019 release it.)
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 8050
diff changeset
1020
8053
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1021 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
1022 Unfortunately, he took out the chat support in doing so. So use
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1023 conferences for now if you use yahoo. Users begging for file
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1024 transfer support should thank Tim 'marv' Ringenbach for Yahoo ft,
223f530321e2 [gaim-migrate @ 8738]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1025 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
1026 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
1027 right now.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 8051
diff changeset
1028
8055
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1029 Ethan: I just want to say that now logging really doesn't eat
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1030 memory 'till the cows come home. We don't think.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1031
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1032 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
1033 I think you should, too:
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1034
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1035 Paul A, Daniel Atallah, Patrick Aussems, Brian Bernas,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1036 Jonas Birmé, Ethan Blanton (hi Mom), Joshua Blanton, Herman
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1037 Bloggs, Jason Boerner, Graham Booker, Craig Boston, Chris
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1038 Boyle, Jeremy Brooks, Sean Burke, Cerulean Studios LLC,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1039 Ka-Hing Cheung, Arturo Cisneros Jr., Vincas Ciziunas, Joe
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1040 Clarke, Todd Cohen, Felipe Contreras, Jeramey Crawford, Mark
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1041 Doliner, Nuno Donato, Jim Duchek, Tom Dyas, Andrew Echols,
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1042 Sean Egan, Brian Enigma, Stefan Esser, Larry Ewing, Jesse
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1043 Farmer, Gavan Fantom, Rob Flynn, Nathan Fredrickson, Free
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1044 Software Foundation, Decklin Foster, Adam Fritzler, Michael
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1045 Golden, Ryan C. Gordon, Christian Hammond, Andy Harrison, G.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1046 Sumner Hayes, Mike Heffner, Iain Holmes, Karsten Huneycutt,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1047 Akuke Kok, Tero Kuusela, Dennis Lambe Jr., Ho-seok Lee, Moses
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1048 Lei, Ambrose C. Li, Nicolas Lichtmaier, Artem Litvinovich, Syd
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1049 Logan, Matthew Luckie, Brian Macke, Paolo Maggi, Willian T.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1050 Mahan, John Matthews, Ryan McCabe, Robert McQueen, Robert
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1051 Mibus, Benjamin Miller, Kevin Miller, Paul Miller, Arkadiusz
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1052 Miskiewicz, Andrew Molloy, Matt Pandina, Ricardo Fernandez
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1053 Pascual, Havoc Pennington, Ari Pollak, Robey Pointer, Nathan
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1054 Poznick, Brent Priddy, Federicco Mena Quintero, David Raeman,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1055 Etan Reisner, Kristian Rietveld, Tim Ringenbach, Andrew
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1056 Rodland, Neil Sanchala, Carsten Schaar, Luke Schierer, Torrey
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1057 Searle, Jim Seymour, John Silvestri, David Smock, Mark
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1058 Spencer, Lex Spoon, Kevin Stange, David Stoddard, Stu
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1059 Tomlinson, Brian Tarricone, Peter Teichman, Arun A. Tharuvai,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1060 Philip Tellis, Bill Tompkins, Tom Tromey, Junichi Uekawa,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1061 Bjoern Voigt, Nathan Walp, Eric Warmenhoven, Jason Willis,
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1062 Matt Wilson, Ximian, Jaroen Zwartepoorte.
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1063
b1041c5f5c2d [gaim-migrate @ 8740]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1064 Thanks, all.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 8053
diff changeset
1065
7635
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1066 0.74 (11/25/2003):
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1067 Sean: Christian and Nathan were wrong.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1068
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1069 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
1070 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
1071 anything, but for those users bit by its peculiar little bugs
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1072 it wasn't as nice as this will be.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1073
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1074 Nathan: Jabber got some good tweaks, and logging doesn't eat
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1075 memory until the cows come home. Which is good, because they
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1076 said they'll be out until late.
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1077
eeb54a540020 [gaim-migrate @ 8275]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1078 Luke: Always nice when directories get created correctly ;-)
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7595
diff changeset
1079
7593
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1080 0.73 (11/21/2003):
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1081 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
1082 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
1083 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
1084 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
1085 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
1086 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
1087 forget what it is.
3456b3ce0775 [gaim-migrate @ 8211]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7397
diff changeset
1088
7595
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1089 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
1090 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
1091 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
1092 disconnected. Also, there were some MSN fixes thrown in, such as
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1093 the problem with unblocking users. My personal favorite, since it's
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1094 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
1095 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
1096 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
1097 going to have some niceties that people have been waiting for.
9c25507164a5 [gaim-migrate @ 8213]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7593
diff changeset
1098
7390
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1099 0.72 (10/30/2003):
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1100 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
1101 would be a cool costume.
adda72b4a238 [gaim-migrate @ 7985]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7228
diff changeset
1102
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1103 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
1104 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
1105 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
1106 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
1107 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
1108 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
1109 to Mark). Enjoy!
7391
f046f7932f98 [gaim-migrate @ 7986]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7390
diff changeset
1110
7392
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1111 Christian: Last release brought forward a lot of bug reports, such
a349b8227553 [gaim-migrate @ 7987]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7391
diff changeset
1112 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
1113 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
1114 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
1115 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
1116 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
1117 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
1118
7394
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1119 Ethan: In complete defiance of history, I did something this
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1120 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
1121 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
1122 you paranoid people can hide your local username by changing
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1123 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
1124 aware that building Gaim is Harder than it Should Be on
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1125 Solaris, and I am seeking solutions to some of the issues
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1126 there. Everyone remember to give some love to the developers
c6ff3c1fb1b3 [gaim-migrate @ 7989]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7393
diff changeset
1127 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
1128
7397
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1129 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
1130 bugs introduced in the last release. Registration works again, and
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1131 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
1132 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
1133 be a good release.
8a3b768f8472 [gaim-migrate @ 7993]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7394
diff changeset
1134
7209
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1135 0.71 (10/09/2003):
7219
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1136 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
1137 very hectic few weeks/months. Thing are finally coming together
7219
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1138 again for me. This release features much copying and pasting. Yeah.
e60a007bab7d [gaim-migrate @ 7788]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7218
diff changeset
1139
7209
43b76be7796a [gaim-migrate @ 7778]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7005
diff changeset
1140 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
1141
7210
234178fd9787 [gaim-migrate @ 7779]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7209
diff changeset
1142 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
1143 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
1144 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
1145 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
1146 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
1147 as a lot of code (specifically, the conversations code and utility
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1148 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
1149 require modifications to some plugins. Not all, fortunately, but some
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1150 :) 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
1151 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
1152 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
1153 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
1154
7213
8d8b3ab13607 [gaim-migrate @ 7782]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 7211
diff changeset
1155 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
1156 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
1157 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
1158
7228
aed048488308 [gaim-migrate @ 7797]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1159 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
1160 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
1161 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
1162 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
1163 off your screen :-)
7211
fab036092ca5 [gaim-migrate @ 7780]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 7210
diff changeset
1164
7221
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1165 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
1166 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
1167 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
1168 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
1169 the XMPP protocol specs, and will automagically upgrade the conncetion
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1170 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
1171 it's probably better, and you should be thankful for it.
c77d300a8115 [gaim-migrate @ 7790]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 7219
diff changeset
1172
7225
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1173 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
1174 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
1175 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
1176 prepension and documentation for IRC and Tcl, and handle IRC errors
87226b559c96 [gaim-migrate @ 7794]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1177 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
1178 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
1179 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
1180 anything during the release cycle. Oh, I did close some bugs. I
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1181 didn't fix them, mind you, I just closed them. With abandon.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1182 Don't tell Luke.
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 7221
diff changeset
1183
7228
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7227
diff changeset
1184 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
1185 more bugs for other reasons. Lots of you submitting duplicate bugs.
7227
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1186 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
1187 in ssl stuff, but we fixed a number of the bugs in the tracker, and
7227
255b3b092879 [gaim-migrate @ 7796]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1188 the code cleaning helps alot as well. Enjoy!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 7226
diff changeset
1189
6998
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1190 0.70 (9/28/2003):
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 7004
diff changeset
1191 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
1192 Huge thanks to our dear friends over at Cerulean Studios, creators of
6998
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1193 Trillian, for helping us out.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6969
diff changeset
1194
7001
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1195 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
1196 contact support. The Jabber goodies I promised will have to wait
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1197 for now.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6998
diff changeset
1198
7004
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1199 Christian: I didn't really do anything except fix a couple of issues
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1200 loading protocol plugins that had plugin dependencies and getting perl
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1201 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
1202 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
1203 within the next few releases. Life has been busy in a good way :)
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 7001
diff changeset
1204
6960
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1205 0.69 (9/24/2003):
ccc0d9654098 [gaim-migrate @ 7507]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6685
diff changeset
1206 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
1207
6962
1ab156496e9e [gaim-migrate @ 7509]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6960
diff changeset
1208 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
1209
6966
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1210 Nathan: {{Meta,}{Contact,Buddy},Person} support for all! Also, SSL
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1211 support for Jabber makes its debut. More Jabber goodies next release.
7fd4b2cdb1c1 [gaim-migrate @ 7513]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6964
diff changeset
1212
6964
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1213 Christian: It's a good release. The main highlight really is
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1214 Nathan's Contact support, which is just beautiful. My buddy list
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1215 shrunk considerably. As Sean stated, MSN and Yahoo! work. MSN
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1216 does not support the new MSN buddy icons and stuff, unfortunately,
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1217 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
1218 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
1219 that area ;) Among other new additions of mine are SSL support
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1220 (both Mozilla NSS and GNUTLS), Plugin IPC (letting plugins talk to
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1221 each other), and some visual niceties in the Accounts window.
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1222 Ka-Hing Cheung put in animated smileys, which should please many.
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1223 Yeah, good release. Just you wait until 0.70 though.
88207c8a4b20 [gaim-migrate @ 7511]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6962
diff changeset
1224
6967
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1225 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
1226 one.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1227
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1228 Mark: Metacontact support, yeah. Right click on a dude and
6c9d3b83bb79 [gaim-migrate @ 7514]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1229 select "Expand."
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6966
diff changeset
1230
6969
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Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 6967
diff changeset
1231 Ethan: God bless the USA.
b151a7714e82 [gaim-migrate @ 7516]
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
parents: 6967
diff changeset
1232
6685
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1233 0.68 (09/01/2003):
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1234 Rob: Wow. I am so incredibly tired.
6658
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1235
6685
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1236 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
1237 gaim (isn't that supposed to be the reverse?)*
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1238
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1239 *Some NEWS recycled from v0.10.0
c8e346a08ca7 [gaim-migrate @ 7211]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6684
diff changeset
1240
6658
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1241 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
1242 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
1243 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
1244 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
1245 else's labor.
85d9c0978cc5 [gaim-migrate @ 7183]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6472
diff changeset
1246
6681
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1247 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
1248 Gaim-time on working towards a more formal translation process.
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1249 Hopefully this will result in Gaim shipping with more complete
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1250 translation files. Also, all our awesome translators are mentioned
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1251 in the about window now.
c1bbb8358959 [gaim-migrate @ 7206]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6658
diff changeset
1252
6683
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1253 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
1254 signal architecture, which is just really cool. The old events system
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1255 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
1256 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
1257 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
1258 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
1259 reference yet. Developers, look at the plugins/perl/common/*.xs files
221bc9fab3ad [gaim-migrate @ 7208]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6681
diff changeset
1260 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
1261 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
1262 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
1263 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
1264
6684
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1265 Luke: Wow, I actually did something for this release besides commit
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1266 translations! Well, sorta. I got permission to commit some patches
ff269fd75357 [gaim-migrate @ 7209]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6683
diff changeset
1267 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
1268 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
1269
6470
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1270 0.67 (08/14/2003):
6471
9ee03e7f9a4d [gaim-migrate @ 6980]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
1271
9ee03e7f9a4d [gaim-migrate @ 6980]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6470
diff changeset
1272 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
1273 have to deal with floods and tornadoes.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1274
6470
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1275 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
1276 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
1277 NO CARRIER
1ab8acb733c3 [gaim-migrate @ 6979]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6214
diff changeset
1278
6472
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1279 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
1280 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
1281 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
1282 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
1283 some dialog rewrites.. Great stuff. Gaim's looking more teh perrty.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1284 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
1285 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
1286 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
1287 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
1288 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
1289 UIs to come I hope! :) Exciting time in Gaim.
6acab949d5cd [gaim-migrate @ 6981]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6471
diff changeset
1290
6214
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6196
diff changeset
1291 0.66 (07/18/2003):
6194
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 6189
diff changeset
1292 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
1293 done. I agree with what Herman is going to say. ;-)
6137
6195bfd4e7d0 [gaim-migrate @ 6611]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1294
6185
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1295 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
1296 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
1297 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
1298 to everyone who helped!
3b5c86808a66 [gaim-migrate @ 6671]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6183
diff changeset
1299
6186
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1300 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
1301 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
1302 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
1303 and upgrade to 0.66. Just, wow.
424103548580 [gaim-migrate @ 6672]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6185
diff changeset
1304
6188
859eda4d3a50 [gaim-migrate @ 6674]
Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6186
diff changeset
1305 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
1306
6189
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1307 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
1308 slip through. This release makes up for that. This should fix the bugs
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6188
diff changeset
1309 0.65 introduced, at least the ones that most of you would otherwise hit.
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parents: 6188
diff changeset
1310
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diff changeset
1311 Nathan: We are so smart. S-M-R-T...I mean S-M-A-R-T.
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1312
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diff changeset
1313 0.65 (07/16/2003):
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parents: 5562
diff changeset
1314 Rob: Wooo! We're finally ready for 0.65. Are you guys excited? I
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1315 haven't worked on anything in this release, either. I've been
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1316 working offline on a MacOSX UI. No, you're not allowed to ask
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1317 me when it will be ready. If you ask me then I won't answer
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1318 you. You've been warned! :-D
0
a5ace2e037bc Tailorization
Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
parents:
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1319
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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diff changeset
1320 Sean: Although I tend to go right here in the two slot in NEWS,
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parents: 6133
diff changeset
1321 we don't always commit in this order. This is the third time I've
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1322 rewritten this because the jerks below me keep commiting while I'm
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1323 writing causing mass conflictination. Grrr. Stupid jerks. Anyway,
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1324 this is Gaim 0.65. Like other Gaim releases, this allows you to
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1325 converse with people far away over the "Internet." That's about it.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1326 It's really not that interesting. In fact, I wouldn't even bother
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1327 reading the other people's NEWS. It's all boring. There's some
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1328 crap about forest fires and fangs and claws. It's really boring.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1329 Great, now Luke just committed NEWS causing more conflictination.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1330 I wouldn't bother reading his either. Oh, and I don't want to thank
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1331 Megan (Cae) or Kevin (SimGuy). They're stupid jerks too. Grrr...
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 6133
diff changeset
1332
6129
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1333 Mark: I actually did stuff for this release. Go me. I probably
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1334 shouldn't speak for all of us, but I'm going to anyway: We feel that
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1335 this release is one of Gaim's best. It should be relatively bug
6135
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6134
diff changeset
1336 free, and the code is cleaner than ever, thanks to lots of work by
6129
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1337 Christian and Nathan. We had some help from a few civilians
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1338 finding and fixing bugs. Thanks to Megan (Cae), Ka-Hing Cheung
6130
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6129
diff changeset
1339 (javabsp), and Kevin Stange (SimGuy) for their work. Man, I was just
6129
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1340 looking at Sean's NEWS entry for 0.64--that's talent. Also, stay
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1341 in school. Just say no. Only you can prevent forest fires.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 6127
diff changeset
1342
6131
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1343 Christian: This has been a great release. faceprint rocks, as he got
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1344 things moving in the core/UI split by redoing preferences, which forced
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1345 us to think about how things would be split. We now have XML
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1346 preferences, accounts, pounces, and away messages. No more .gaimrc
1cfe3d4a962d [gaim-migrate @ 6605]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1347 ugliness. The accounts and connection code now have new core/UI split
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1348 APIs, and there is very little to do before our split is ready to be
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1349 used. Rob and I are working off an experimental tarball of what will
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1350 eventually be libgaim. He's working on a MacOS X UI (don't ask him
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1351 about it, he'll ignore you) and I'm doing a Qtopia UI (you can ask
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1352 about that, it's usable!). We added a new protocol, Trepia.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1353 Information about it can be found at http://www.trepia.com/. It's not
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1354 complete, so don't send in bug reports about it not finding people in
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1355 your local area, please. Oh, and lots of MSN bugs were fixed.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1356 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
1357 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
1358 releases we've had in awhile (knock on wood), thanks to Megan (Cae),
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1359 who has done an amazing job at locating, categorizing and documenting
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1360 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
1361 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
1362 claws, curl into a ball. Or yell at it. I can't remember which is
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1363 correct.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 6130
diff changeset
1364
6133
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1365 Luke: Wow! Finally releasing 0.65! Christian, Nathan, and Mark have
b1799b437c40 [gaim-migrate @ 6607]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1366 worked really hard for this release, all the credit goes to them.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1367 The new preferences are awesome, and there are more bugs fixed for
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1368 this release than in the last 3 or 4 releases. Your MSN should work
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1369 reliably again, your preferences saved, your accounts resort, the
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1370 list goes on and on. A couple preferences, most notably your buddy
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1371 list sorting preference won't be imported, but almost all of them
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1372 will be and its probly a good idea for you to take a second look
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1373 through preferences again anyway, alot of you are starting to
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 6131
diff changeset
1374 forget that things are optional again. :-)
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parents: 6131
diff changeset
1375
6137
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parents: 6135
diff changeset
1376 Nathan: I think I did something for this release a while ago. I've
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1377 got a mailbox full of commit emails, and some have my name on them,
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1378 so I must have done something, right? Probably some minor jabber stuff,
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1379 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
1380 academy, our producer Rob Flynn, and of course all the fans. You rock.
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 6135
diff changeset
1381
6157
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Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1382 Herman: I was told to write something.. so here it goes. Windows users
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Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1383 will be happy to know that they can now rearrange their Buddy Lists.
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1384 I finally got stuck into GTK+ code and fixed the bug in question (this
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1385 release will include a patched version of GTK+ 2.2.1). I integrated
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1386 the WinGaim systray code into the docklet plugin bringing those nice
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1387 docklet features (i.e. Message queuing) to WinGaim. Another major
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Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
parents: 6137
diff changeset
1388 WinGaim change of note is that debug versions of all dlls can now be
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1389 built, providing useful backtraces not only for gaim.dll but for the
fd1aa874220a [gaim-migrate @ 6632]
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1390 plugins as well.
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parents: 6137
diff changeset
1391
6127
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5562
diff changeset
1392 0.64 (05/29/2003):
5562
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parents: 5559
diff changeset
1393 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
1394 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
1395 all of your hard work, guys :).
3c8d34574601 [gaim-migrate @ 5963]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5559
diff changeset
1396
5555
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1397 Sean: Unlike every other time we say, "the next release will be loaded
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1398 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
1399 already in CVS (don't use CVS). The only obvious new feature for 0.64
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1400 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
1401 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
1402 by log file size--putting people you talk to most at the top. Plugins
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parents: 5553
diff changeset
1403 can even easily add their own sorting methods. It's all very cool. I
5559
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5558
diff changeset
1404 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
1405 I did make my entire NEWS entry justified on purpose.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5553
diff changeset
1406
5553
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1407 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
1408 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
1409 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
1410 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
1411 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
1412 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
1413 Things will break. :)
c0593bcdd5d6 [gaim-migrate @ 5954]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5410
diff changeset
1414
5558
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1415 Mark: I never really have anything important to add. I'd just like to
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1416 thank Jack Daniels for his exquisite bug reports. And whiskey.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5557
diff changeset
1417
5559
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5558
diff changeset
1418 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
1419
5403
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1420 0.63 (05/16/2003)
5409
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1421 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
1422 releases. However, that's okay. Work has been pretty friggin hec-
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1423 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
1424 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
1425 makes you happy. That makes us all happy. Now, I just need to
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5407
diff changeset
1426 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
1427 fun!
5403
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1428
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1429 Sean: Yay! School is finally over. I have to give tons of cherry-
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1430 flavored props to everyone whose been helping out while I stayed away
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1431 from Gaim to keep myself from failing again, especially Christian and
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1432 Nathan.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1433
5404
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
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1434 Luke: Okay, this is NOT a bug fix release, at least for those of you
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
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1435 who use MSN. Christian put in a TON of effort rewritting the MSN prpl,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1436 mega props to him on this release. In other news, we have alot of bugs
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1437 fixed, and a goodly number of the translations are more up to date
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
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1438 than they were in earlier releases. There are some other significant
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
diff changeset
1439 changes, but they are mostly backend stuff, yay for core/ui splits ;-)
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5403
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1440
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
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1441 Christian: As Sean and Luke said, I did a tiny bit of work in this
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
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1442 release. The MSN prpl was rewritten, and should now work better. It's
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
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1443 compatible with the MSNP7 protocol that MSN v4.x uses. Unfortunately,
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1444 MSNP9 is being worked on. Bah. Also, it has MSN Mobile support, so you
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1445 can register your MSN account with http://mobile.msn.com/ and people
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1446 can page your mobile device. You can also page other MSN Mobile users.
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1447 Groups are now stored on server. Oh, and due to the nature of MSNP7,
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
diff changeset
1448 conversations are timed out after 5 minutes, so you'll unfortunately
5407
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1449 see a message indicating that. Sorry! I wrote experimental support
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1450 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
diff changeset
1451 account settings much like with AIM, and when you talk to other gaim
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1452 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
diff changeset
1453 until the buddy icon implementation in the upcoming MSNP9 protocol is
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1454 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
diff changeset
1455 away at least. Also, we have a rewrite of the plugin interface, so
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1456 rewrite your plugins! Things are going to get very cool from it. The
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1457 debug API was core/UI split, and some enhancements were made to the
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1458 debug window. I think that's all from me. It's been a fun release.
a93a1a443691 [gaim-migrate @ 5783]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5405
diff changeset
1459 Stay tuned, I have some great things coming up!
5405
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5404
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1460
5410
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1461 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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1462 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
diff changeset
1463 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
diff changeset
1464 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
diff changeset
1465 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
diff changeset
1466 get anything done. Jabber will get all sorts of fun new stuff for
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
diff changeset
1467 the next release. Really. ;-)
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5409
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1468
5403
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5198
diff changeset
1469 0.62 (04/23/2003):
5193
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1470 Sean: This is just another standard bi-weekly Gaim release. Nothing
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1471 really interesting, but it has some good bugfixes. Personally, I've
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1472 been a bit removed from Gaim development lately what with school getting
f890d4d90f72 [gaim-migrate @ 5559]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1473 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
diff changeset
1474 work without me. Thanks, guys.
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5079
diff changeset
1475
5194
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5193
diff changeset
1476 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
diff changeset
1477 look at the ChangeLog.... Okay, guess I was useless. That's okay,
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1478 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
1479 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
1480 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
1481 your friends. 33 Gaim users can't be wrong!
5194
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Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5193
diff changeset
1482
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1483 Luke: I didn't do much here besides the odd translation patch and a
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1484 couple bug fix patches. This is primarily a bug fix release, and much
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1485 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
diff changeset
1486 busy. Hopeefully it will happen for 0.63.
5196
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5194
diff changeset
1487
5197
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
1488 Mark: Gaim is coming along quite beautimously. I'm going to eat
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
1489 my Pop-tarts now.
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5196
diff changeset
1490
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1491 Nathan: oh dot sixty two. There are a lot of bugs fixed in this
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1492 release, and one major new feature. Our Jabber plugin now supports
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1493 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
1494 jabber messages, and other people will see the formatting. GtkIMHTML
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1495 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
1496 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
1497 "I was hacking on Gaim" as a valid excuse for an extension ;-)
5198
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5197
diff changeset
1498
5058
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1499 0.61 (04/07/2003):
5059
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
diff changeset
1500 Rob: Nathan commited his news first. However, I'm cooler so I'm putting
107252143713 [gaim-migrate @ 5410]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
diff changeset
1501 my entry above his. Yeah, so, there were some DnD issues with 0.60. I
107252143713 [gaim-migrate @ 5410]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
diff changeset
1502 blame it on the rain. It was falling, falling. I blame it on the
107252143713 [gaim-migrate @ 5410]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
diff changeset
1503 faucet. It drips all night.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 5058
diff changeset
1504
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1505 Sean: I committed my news after Rob. I'm cooler than Nathan (by far)
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1506 but not as cool as Rob. So I go here. Actually, I didn't do anything
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1507 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
1508 Dave Camp is cool. How 'bout this snow? Isn't that crazy? Oh, and
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1509 thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday.
5073
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5059
diff changeset
1510
5058
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1511 Nathan: You want frequent releases? You got 'em ;-) Chip wrote some
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1512 cool new pounce stuff, and things shouldn't get weird when you drag
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5029
diff changeset
1513 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
1514 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
1515 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
1516
5075
5bbd7d3ca93e [gaim-migrate @ 5428]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1517 Christian: I'm not as cool as Rob, Sean, or Nathan, so I go down here.
5bbd7d3ca93e [gaim-migrate @ 5428]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1518 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
diff changeset
1519 buddy pounce types, core/ui splitifies the code, and makes the dialog
5bbd7d3ca93e [gaim-migrate @ 5428]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1520 box spiffy. Yay frequent releases! Erm, I can't think of anything else
5bbd7d3ca93e [gaim-migrate @ 5428]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1521 cool to say here. Have fun, everyone!
5bbd7d3ca93e [gaim-migrate @ 5428]
Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com>
parents: 5073
diff changeset
1522
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1523 Luke: Okay, i'm probly the least cool, so I'll go last. I committed a
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1524 few patches from other people here, nothing earth shattering though. The
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1525 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
1526 that fixed will make for fewwer questions. Get used to using releases
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1527 people, we want to use cvs for actual development :-).
5076
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 5075
diff changeset
1528
5078
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Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
diff changeset
1529 Mark: I didn't want to write any news without actually having done
19814ecb23e0 [gaim-migrate @ 5431]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
diff changeset
1530 anything, so I fixed a meaningless compile warning. Boo-yeah.
19814ecb23e0 [gaim-migrate @ 5431]
Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
parents: 5077
diff changeset
1531
5077
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5076
diff changeset
1532 Sean: Luke can't spell "fewer". How un-cool is that?
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5076
diff changeset
1533
5023
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1534 0.60 (04/04/2003):
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1535 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
1536 gtk2 fork. It's finally ready for public consumption. Sean is about
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1537 to go out and buy a case of beer. My roommate is downstairs right
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1538 now pouring me a shot of his choice. Everyone, raise your beers if
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1539 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
1540 I hope you all enjoy. Drink'em if you got'em!
e218d2d2b7e9 [gaim-migrate @ 5359]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 3336
diff changeset
1541
5024
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1542 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
1543 believe we're finally ready to relase 0.60. Many thanks to everyone
8e55a4d362a3 [gaim-migrate @ 5361]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1544 who helped out; I'm convinced that Gaim 0.60 is the best IM client to
8e55a4d362a3 [gaim-migrate @ 5361]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1545 date (only to be bested by 0.61). There's WAY too much stuff to mention.
8e55a4d362a3 [gaim-migrate @ 5361]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1546 Even the ChangeLog is somewhat incomplete. Yay, I'm 21 now! Everyone
8e55a4d362a3 [gaim-migrate @ 5361]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1547 enjoy! :)
8e55a4d362a3 [gaim-migrate @ 5361]
Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 5023
diff changeset
1548
5025
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Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1549 Nathan: Happy birthday Sean! Rob decided to let me start cleaning up
cd6e23154510 [gaim-migrate @ 5362]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1550 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
1551 to describe 0.60. Prepare to be shocked and amazed. /me raises his
cd6e23154510 [gaim-migrate @ 5362]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1552 (shot) glass ;-)
cd6e23154510 [gaim-migrate @ 5362]
Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
parents: 5024
diff changeset
1553
9395
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1554 Christian: Geeeeeze this took a long time. Worth it though! Personally,
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1555 I thought we'd all just give up on releases altogether and tell
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1556 everybody just to grab CVS. I'm pretty happy with this release. I was
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9390
diff changeset
1557 able to contribute quite a bit to it. Makes me feel proud to be a gaim
bd81a3c6f8ab [gaim-migrate @ 10204]
Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1558 developer! I'm really looking forward to the future releases. I have
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1559 some neat stuff planned. Yay, I'm still 19! Mmmm, Sierra Mist. Make me a
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1560 sammich!
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1561
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1562 Mark: Whoops, I started drinking a little earlier than I was supposed
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1563 to. I guess I missed the memo. Hmm, I ate at a restaurant somewhere,
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1564 I think it was at Snowshoe, and the menu had "sammiches" on it. It was
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1565 pretty sweet. I'd like to give a shout out to all the Gaim
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1566 devizelopers for rizocking the hizzy the past few months. Word.
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1567
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1568
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1569 0.59 (06/24/2002):
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1570 Rob: I guess Sean is busy at home or something and Jim is asleep.
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1571 I'm very tired but it's time for a release. Enjoy. :)
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1572 SORRY FOR THE DELAY. :(
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1573
3335
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1574 Sean: It's been a long time since our last release, and for no
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1575 good reason either. Rob and I just haven't been able to get together
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1576 to do it. But now we have. Aside from some Jabber changes and some
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1577 crucial MSN fixes, most of this release's changes are transparent,
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1578 but none-the-less important. Well get some better changes when my
3336
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1579 computer works again, you have my word*
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1580
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1581 *My word is worthless.
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1584 0.58 (05/13/2002):
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1585 Rob: Yeah, so, my computer has been bad which is why the release
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1586 didn't go out on time. Oh well. I would like to welcome
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1587 Jim Seymour aboard the development team. He's going to be taking
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1588 over the work on our Jabber code as well as doing various other
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1589 nit picking. He likes to pick nits, nats, and umm, knots, I think.
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1590
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1591 Sean: This release has a long ChangeLog. Higlights include an
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1592 important security fix for MSN and a few nice new features.
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1593 Not *much* cooler than 0.57--but we're making progress ;)
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1594
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1595 Jim: Hmmm... Rob said I have to say *something*, so here it is:
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1596 Rob's a mango.
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1597
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1598 0.57 (04/25/2002):
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1599 Rob: Not too much in this release, as Sean said below. (This is
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1600 what happens when the bottom person goes first.) New translation,
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1601 a few fixes, secure msn hotmail logins, blah blah blah. As Sean
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1602 said, the next release will be cooler. If only you could read
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1603 our minds ;-).
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1604
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1605 Sean: Nothing too special here, but a critical Yahoo fix that
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1606 ensures Yahoo! will work when they discontinue the old protocol
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1607 all the other 3rd party clients are using. Next release will be
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1608 cooler, I promise.
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1609
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1610 0.56 (04/11/2002):
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1611 Rob: Well, what do you know. I have another headache. I always have
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1612 these damned headaches. I got pissed off with the way GtkTree looks.
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1613 I wanted to move to using GtkCTree. I think they're pretty.
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1614 Unfortunately, GtkCTree sucks. After a little digging through
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1615 the code, I managed to molest GtkTree into looking like
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1616 GtkCTree. Thanks to everyone that helped track down that one
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1617 annoying style problem.
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1618
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1619 Sean: Hello. This is another minor release while Rob and I finish
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1620 up on some bigger projects. We're reworking a lot of the UI to make
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1621 it easier to use, nicer looking, and more compatible with gtk2.
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1622 I've also been trying to bring the Yahoo plugin up to date, so it
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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1623 will work for Indian users and avoid a potential problem in the near
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1624 future.
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1625
3113
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1626 0.55 (03/29/2002):
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1627 Rob: 0.55 is here. I've been away for a few days on business. Sean
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1628 has been on Spring Break. Therefore, this release is mostly a patch
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1629 release. It does fix some bugs and makes a few thing slightly cooler,
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1630 so it's better in that aspect, I suppose. Enjoy.
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1631
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1632 Sean: This is mostly a bugfix release. I'm on Spring Break, not
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
parents: 3058
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1633 doing any coding at all. But lots of people sent in great patches
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Sean Egan <seanegan@gmail.com>
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1634 anyway. Thanks guys!
3058
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1635
3053
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1636 0.54 (03/14/2002):
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1637 Rob: Well, here we are. 0.54. We got a lot of fun things in this
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1638 release. Better working SSI, Image sending, protocol specific
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1639 smiley faces, and a whole lot of triscuits. *gobble*
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1640
3054
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1641 Sean: We fixed a lot of bugs in this one, and probably introduced
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1642 a bunch too. ;) We were both really busy, and did all the coding
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1643 late at night when we were tired, so if something isn't working,
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1644 it's probably just tired code. Enjoy the triscuits!
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1645
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1646 0.53 (02/28/2002):
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1647 Rob: Well, we missed yesterday's release. That's Okay, I head a
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1648 nasty headache. You can all just deal. ;-)
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1649
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1650
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1651 Sean: Neat Goodies! Whee!! Oscar got a lot of great additions.
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1652 It can do Screen Name formatting, it can save and store your buddy
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1653 list on the server, it can do typing notifications in Direct
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1654 Connections, and yes, it can receive IM Images! Sending images will
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1655 be added in the next release. MSN and Yahoo! can do typing
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1656 notification too. Hooray!
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1657
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1658
2961
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1659 0.52 (02/17/2002):
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1660 Rob: Well, after a long delay we're finally ready for another release.
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1661 I finally got settled into my new apartment, the new job is going
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1662 well, and I finally have internet connectivity again. You can expect
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1663 us to be back on our usually bi-monthly schedule. Enjoy these fixen,
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1664 as they resolve a few connectivity issues. :-)
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1665
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1666 Sean: It looks like things are back on track now. Eric left which is
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1667 sad. He's done so much for Gaim, and I know we're all thankful.
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1668 Thanks Eric! I'll be stepping in and do more development, but I can
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1669 never replace Eric. This release fixes a long-standing problem in
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diff changeset
1670 MSN. If you've gotten errors when trying to connect to MSN, you want
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diff changeset
1671 this release. If you've suddenly found yourself unable to connect to
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diff changeset
1672 Yahoo!, you want this release too. The "neat goodies" will be in the
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diff changeset
1673 next release ;)
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1674
2967
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1675 Rob: Operation Evil does not exist! ;-)
2961
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2933
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1678 0.51 (01/24/2002):
2934
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1679 Rob: Well, here we go. I FINALLY got around to making a release
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1680 after over a month, Sorry for the delay, all. Things got really
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1681 hectic around the gaim house hold. This release isn't as complete
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1682 as I had hoped, but I promised to get something out. There's some
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1683 neat goodies in mind for the next release, right Sean? :-)
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1684
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1685
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1686 0.50 (12/13/2001):
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1687 Rob: I am tired. Tonight was weird. Bleh!!!!
2818
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1688
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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1689 Eric: I second that.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2881
diff changeset
1690
2815
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1691 0.49 (11/29/2001):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1692 Rob: *still mamboing*
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1693
d121344193d6 [gaim-migrate @ 2828]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1694 Whew! That was a bad little mambo. I hope everyone had a nice
d121344193d6 [gaim-migrate @ 2828]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1695 little Holiday, if you celebrate. If not, then I hope you had
d121344193d6 [gaim-migrate @ 2828]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1696 a sucky weekend. :-D.
d121344193d6 [gaim-migrate @ 2828]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1697
d121344193d6 [gaim-migrate @ 2828]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1698 Oh, lots of cheese for everyone!! (Beware the duffle)
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1699
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1700 It's getting cloudy. I think it's going to storm somethin'
d121344193d6 [gaim-migrate @ 2828]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2726
diff changeset
1701 fierce. That's my southern talk. Do you like it?
2726
a34321aefe4f [gaim-migrate @ 2739]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2721
diff changeset
1702
2816
08048a6922da [gaim-migrate @ 2829]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
1703 Eric: I want to be like you.
08048a6922da [gaim-migrate @ 2829]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
1704
08048a6922da [gaim-migrate @ 2829]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
1705 Do the cha cha cha!
08048a6922da [gaim-migrate @ 2829]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2815
diff changeset
1706
2720
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
1707 0.48 (11/18/2001):
e55c53902c05 [gaim-migrate @ 2733]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
1708 Rob: Hi! It's 4:12am! I'm watching The Simpsons. :).
e55c53902c05 [gaim-migrate @ 2733]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
1709 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
1710 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
1711 thank Eric for his hard work. :)
e55c53902c05 [gaim-migrate @ 2733]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2656
diff changeset
1712
2721
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2720
diff changeset
1713 Eric: Everybody mambo!
2656
b4165d68185b [gaim-migrate @ 2669]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2654
diff changeset
1714
2653
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
1715 0.47 (11/01/2001):
06395b1046b1 [gaim-migrate @ 2666]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
1716 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
1717 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
1718 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
1719 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
1720
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
1721 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
1722 Gaim could use? Remember the login window from back then? Back
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
1723 before Gaim had perl or plugins or multiple connections or
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
1724 10 different protocols. Things have changed so much since then.
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
1725 Many more changes in this release as well. All good things.
edd8cc296a06 [gaim-migrate @ 2667]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2653
diff changeset
1726 Don't forget to talk to SmarterChild.
2653
06395b1046b1 [gaim-migrate @ 2666]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2540
diff changeset
1727
2537
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1728 0.46 (10/18/2001):
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1729 Rob: Hey guys! The smores were great! I really enjoyed meeting
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1730 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
1731 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
1732
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1733 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
1734 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
1735
2539
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1736 Eric: Lots of fixes. Things compile well now. ICQ has stopped
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1737 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
1738 Gaim because it was unstable, please get them to try this
e03c984e1a6f [gaim-migrate @ 2552]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2537
diff changeset
1739 version. It's much better, I promise.
2537
08b9dd6ba544 [gaim-migrate @ 2550]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2536
diff changeset
1740
2429
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1741 0.45 (10/04/2001):
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1742 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
1743 release. There are several yummy additions in this release, and
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1744 quite a few useful bugfixes as well. Unfortunately it seems that
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1745 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
1746 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
1747 campfire. But for now, you'll need to keep yourselves occupied
18b68d5cc7d8 [gaim-migrate @ 2442]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2326
diff changeset
1748 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
1749
2325
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1750 0.44 (09/20/2001):
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1751 Rob: Another release has come upon us. There were actually quite
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1752 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
1753 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
1754 in ... you guessed it .. the ChangeLog. Oh, and if you're
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1755 wondering about setting buddy icons, wait til 0.45 or
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1756 use CVS shortly after this release. ;-)
54a839c95b70 [gaim-migrate @ 2335]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2225
diff changeset
1757
2326
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1758 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
1759 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
1760 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
1761 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
1762 should load the plugin and join us. :)
1add424e5544 [gaim-migrate @ 2336]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2325
diff changeset
1763
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1764 0.43 (09/06/2001):
2223
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1765
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1766 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
1767 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
1768 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
1769 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
1770 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
1771 either. So, since gaim was first released officially, there
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1772 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
1773 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
1774
2225
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1775 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
1776 often trend, that hopefully we'll stick to this time. Hopefully
7abd9297efac [gaim-migrate @ 2235]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2223
diff changeset
1777 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
1778 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
1779 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
1780 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
1781 change mostly :)
2223
ab9d26587827 [gaim-migrate @ 2233]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2187
diff changeset
1782
2185
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1783 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1784 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
1785 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
1786 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
1787 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
1788 Instructions are at http://gaim.sourceforge.net/cvs.shmtl. And
65d76d629d1b [gaim-migrate @ 2195]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 2058
diff changeset
1789 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
1790
2187
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1791 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
1792 story, but essentially, my company layed off a bunch of people,
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1793 myself included, due to poor management. I've taken a new
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1794 job which required moving across the country. I'm finally back
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1795 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
1796 able to code with out infliciting intense pain upon my lower
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1797 back and neck. So, basically, we were inactive, but not dead.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1798
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1799 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
1800 in progress. Our lawyers are still in negotiation with thiers.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1801 We'll keep you updated with what happens.
66c7c5415377 [gaim-migrate @ 2197]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2185
diff changeset
1802
2057
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1803 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1804 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
1805 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
1806 right?
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1807
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1808 Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane.
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1809 Remember that. It's a great Scott Adams quote.
728f7a7dbdfb [gaim-migrate @ 2067]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1968
diff changeset
1810
2058
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1811 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
1812 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
1813 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
1814 24hr doughnut shop where I sat outside and talked about
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1815 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
1816
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1817 Enjoy this release guys! :-)
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1818
fdac20afa543 [gaim-migrate @ 2068]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 2057
diff changeset
1819
1967
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1820 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1821 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
1822 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
1823 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
1824 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
1825 passwords, and the man page got a big update.
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1826
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1827 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
1828 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
1829 plugin.
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1830
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1831 Peace!
c51b002b95a0 [gaim-migrate @ 1977]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1914
diff changeset
1832
1968
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1833 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
1834 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
1835 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
1836 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
1837 and Oscar is able to sign on again.
fa28068e99e4 [gaim-migrate @ 1978]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1967
diff changeset
1838
1913
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1839 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1840 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
1841 unavailable online. Hooray.
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1842
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1843 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
1844 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
1845 that Eric did that I'll let him tell you about.
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1846
b1e1829bef22 [gaim-migrate @ 1923]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1783
diff changeset
1847 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
1848
1914
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1849 Eric: Every protocol except TOC has been improved since the last
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1850 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
1851 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
1852 you set it to Socks5 though.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1853
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1854 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
1855 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
1856 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
1857 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
1858 there.
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1859
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1860 So that's it. Have fun with it :)
2ac9d0d7d2c4 [gaim-migrate @ 1924]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1913
diff changeset
1861
1777
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1862 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1863 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
1864 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
1865 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
1866 Eric talk :)
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1867
1778
9bc21732ba79 [gaim-migrate @ 1788]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1777
diff changeset
1868 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
1869 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
1870 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
1871 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
1872 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
1873 changed, we shouldn't have any more troubles.
1777
c728b05731b8 [gaim-migrate @ 1787]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1716
diff changeset
1874
1782
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1875 Rob: --. .- .. -- / .. ... / --. .-. . .- - --..-- / --. .- .. -- /
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1876 .. ... / --. --- --- -.. .-.-.-
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1877
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1878 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
1879 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
1880 a steak last night. It was 16 oz. It was good.
40467268932e [gaim-migrate @ 1792]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1778
diff changeset
1881
1715
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1882 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1883 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
1884 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
1885 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
1886 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
1887 IRC and will have made Napster more stable. Have fun!!
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1888
1716
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1889 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
1890 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
1891 were a lot of other good bugfixes (like registering for Jabber
e316431c1054 [gaim-migrate @ 1726]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1715
diff changeset
1892 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
1893 working, but we'll see how long that lasts, eh?
1715
cf544a60f7ce [gaim-migrate @ 1725]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1651
diff changeset
1894
1651
17f5cdb37f66 [gaim-migrate @ 1661]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1650
diff changeset
1895 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
1650
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1896 Rob: Well, looks AOL was doing something naughty earlier this
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1897 morning. Thanks to a very nice guy named Adam Fritzler (you
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1898 all know him from libfaim) we're now back online. Thanks,
566562641cf0 [gaim-migrate @ 1660]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1641
diff changeset
1899 Adam. I'll buy you a drink sometime :-).
1641
a0b1609d28fe [gaim-migrate @ 1651]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1637
diff changeset
1900
1636
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1901 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1902 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
1903 help you avoid the battle between Jabber and AOL. Most protocols
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1904 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
1905 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
1906 jabber.org account, and then you can support Jabber using Gaim.
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1907 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
1908 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
1909 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
1910
1637
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1911 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
1912 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
1913 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
1914 sometimes. Heh. As all of you probably know already, our Oscar
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1915 support was broken yesterday. There's a little battle going on
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1916 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
1917 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
1918 paragraph, as a matter of fact. ;-).
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1919
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1920 ** Good luck to the Jabber guys in getting this resolved **
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1921
ce8efad14c77 [gaim-migrate @ 1647]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1636
diff changeset
1922
1636
b16aa4569521 [gaim-migrate @ 1646]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1605
diff changeset
1923 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
1602
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1924 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
1925 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
1926 functionality as before with the exception of instability. I
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1927 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
1928 you guys don't mind too terribly much ;-).
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1929
1605
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1930 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
1931 library and an option to have all conversations in one window,
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1932 in addition to numerous bug fixes and other improvements. Don't
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1933 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
1934 added, changed, or fixed, head over to our SourceForge page at
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1935 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ and tells us about it.
21db0d659049 [gaim-migrate @ 1615]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1602
diff changeset
1936
1602
6c97bc812188 [gaim-migrate @ 1612]
Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1541
diff changeset
1937
1538
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1513
diff changeset
1938 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
1540
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1939 Eric: Yay! I get to go first!
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1940
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1941 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
1942 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
1943 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
1944 new features. Head on over to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1945 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
1946 great requests so far, thanks.
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1947
36c15560711d [gaim-migrate @ 1550]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1538
diff changeset
1948 I think I like releasing every week.
1538
0666792081aa [gaim-migrate @ 1548]
Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 1513
diff changeset
1949
1541
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 1540
diff changeset
1950 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
1951 In this release is the NEWS file. It's the only thing I contributed
3d07b9f6fe44 [gaim-migrate @ 1551]
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1952 to! heh, just kidding. This is a bug fix release, as Eric said.
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1953 Next release will contain my newly rewritten MSN plugin. You guys
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1954 should be happy with it :).
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1955
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1956 Oh yeah, TUCAN rocks :) Oh yeah, Eric rocks too.
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1957
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1958
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1959 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
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1960 Rob: Yeah, I promise this is the last pre-release :-D. That seems
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1961 to be a pretty common saying around here, huh? Well, I must first
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1962 appologize. The protocols that I was working on really should be
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1963 much more developed at this point -- they should be completed,
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1964 actually. Unfortunately, my real life job (yes, I have one hehe) got
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1965 a little too busy and ate up all of my free time. I promise that
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1966 things will get better now :).
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1967
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1968 Eric: I don't promise that this is the last pre-release. :) But
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1969 hopefully releases can start coming more often than once every two
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1970 months. I don't really have much else to say. It's been a slow
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1971 couple of months.
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1972
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1973 Rob: I promise to hack gaim again. Please don't hate me.
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1974
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1975 0.11.0-pre4:
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1976 Rob: HOORAY FOR DISNEYLAND!
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1977
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1978 Eric: One more prerelease. I'm actually starting to think these
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1979 prereleases are a good idea; a lot of people reported a lot of
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1980 bugs in pre3 and most of them are fixed now. Also, it helps with
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1981 the whole release early-release often philosophy.
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1982
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1983 The big news in this prerelease is two more protocols: Jabber and
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1984 Napster. Both of them don't have any of the features that make
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1985 these services cool, yet. You can't use the transports in Jabber
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1986 and you can't download file in Napster. But you will be able to,
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1987 soon :)
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1988
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1989 Rob and I are going on vacation starting today until after New
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1990 Year's, which is a lot of the reason we wanted to get this release
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1991 out; it's much improved over pre3. Happy Holidays everyone.
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1992
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1993 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
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1994 Rob: Well, I hadn't initially planned on an 0.11.0pre3 but it
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1995 looks like it was needed. That's not necessarially a bad thing,
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1996 mind you. It just means you get to see more goodies!
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1997
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1998 This release includes some other fun features. See the ChangeLog
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1999 for more information. Also found in this wonderful release is
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2000 an MSN plugin. For all of you who have been holding onto Windows
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2001 simply because you have friends on MSN Messenger that you don't want
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2002 to leave, this plugin is for you! :)
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2003
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2004 Guys, make sure you send us bug reports; preferably on the
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2005 SourceForge bug report forum at
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2006 http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/. This will allow both
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2007 Eric and I to handle the bugs and will prevent either one of us
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2008 from losing the bug reports that are sent via AIM :-)
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2009
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2010 Eric: Hey everybody, Rob and I really want to hear what you guys want
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2011 to see in gaim. Head over to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim and
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2012 leave a message in the Open Discussion forum. We've gotten a lot of
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2013 good ideas so far (most of them didn't make it into this release,
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2014 unfortunately).
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2015
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2016 If any of you want to test out your mad coding skills, I can think of
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2017 a few projects that would be incredibly useful. Send me or Rob an IM
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2018 and we'll let you know how you can help. And don't forget to read the
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2019 HACKING file to see how gaim's put together.
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2020
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2021 This is hopefully going to be the last prerelease; now that all the
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2022 protocols that we're going to be doing for 0.11.0 are available it's
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2023 mostly just going to be hacking on them and getting them in usable
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2024 condition before the final release. Don't forget to send us bug
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2025 reports ;)
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2026
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2027 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
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2028 Rob: I messed up. Oh well, it's fixed.
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2029
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2030 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
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2031 Rob: Hey guys! Guess what!? Yup, you're correct! It's the pre1
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2032 release of 0.11.0. We have all sorts of goodies in this release!
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2033 Check out the ChangeLog file. As always if you find any bugs,
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2034 please report them on www.sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/
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2035
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2036 You may find several small bugs as this is still a prerelease.
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2037
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2038 You may want to note that my IRC plugin does not have full
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2039 functionality as of yet. All of the important / commands will be
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2040 added before the final release. Also, if someone could send me
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2041 some good buddylist pixmaps for the irc plugin then I'd much
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2042 appreciate it. Thanks to everyone who made this new release possible!
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2043
1195
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2044 If you have any ideas, comments, or suggestions, please let us know
1199
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2045 either by e-mail or via the source forge message board at the URL
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2046 above. :)
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2047
1192
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2048
1195
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2049 Eric: So what was Yay! For Gaim!? Yay was the codename for the
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2050 Yahoo plugin. The whole point of all of these changes was I wanted to
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2051 make a proof-of-concept plugin that would let Gaim sign into Yahoo. It
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2052 turned out to be pretty much impossible with the old code. So,
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2053 Rob and I hacked gaim so we could do just that. There's now a whole new
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diff changeset
2054 class of plugins, Protocol Plugins, that let users dynamically add new
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2055 protocols to Gaim. Just load the plugin, and create a new account that
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2056 uses that protocol, and you're set! Yay! (Oscar and TOC are both still
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2057 static. Gaim is, after all, primarily an AIM client.)
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2058
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2059 Lots of people have been very generous and contributed a lot of
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2060 time and effort to writing some really nice patches for gaim since
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2061 the last release. To all of you, a big thanks.
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2062
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diff changeset
2063 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
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diff changeset
2064 Rob: I am dumb.
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diff changeset
2065 Eric: I am not dumb.
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2066
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2067 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
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2068 Rob: What do you want me to say for yours?
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2069 Eric: What happened since the last release?
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2070 Rob: You got DSL.
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2071 Eric: Oh yeah, I'm more available now.
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diff changeset
2072 Rob: On a more serious note, this is just a quick release
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diff changeset
2073 to hold everyone over. Look for some very awesome things
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2074 coming in the next version. I can't say what, just yet,
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2075 but what I can say is, Yay! For Gaim!
923
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2076
919
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2077 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2078
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diff changeset
2079 Rob: Hi Hi Hi! Yet another gaim release pushed out the door
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diff changeset
2080 for you guys. I hope you all enjoy it. There was a few minor
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2081 issues cleared up in this version as well as the repair of
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 882
diff changeset
2082 OSCAR support. Hopefully we won't run into the same problem
2999319f9eca [gaim-migrate @ 929]
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diff changeset
2083 as before. Oh well ;-). There's also a few small extra goodies
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2084 in here for you guys just check out the Change Log. I hope you all
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2085 enjoy and take care!
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2086
920
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2087 Eric: Wanna know what the Oscar problem was? You'll laugh. 2 bytes.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2088 The fix was changing 0x07da to 0x0686. Anyway, aside from the fix
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2089 for that, there are a couple other good things. Beware of DSL nazis.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 919
diff changeset
2090 They won't give you service until 6 weeks after you order it. So um,
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2091 yeah.
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2092
877
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2093 0.10.0 (09/11/2000):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2094 Rob: Well peoples, I know that it's been a while since our
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2095 last release. Here we go. Some brand spankin' new interfaces
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2096 for you guys to oogle at. I hope you all enjoy it. Hopefully
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2097 our next release won't take as long to finish up. Real life
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2098 kind of crept up on Eric and I and took up a lot of our times.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2099 Life sucks that way sometimes. Anyways, we're back and all
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2100 is well. Thanks for hanging in there guys and we hope
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 510
diff changeset
2101 you enjoy it!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2102
880
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2103 Eric: LWE was so cool. Rob and I met up there, we had a blast. But I
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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diff changeset
2104 only got to go for one day and Rob got to go for three. Lucky bastard.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2105 It's been so long since the last release that I don't even remember
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2106 what's changed. But all of it is good :) Like Rob said, all kinds of
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2107 new UI stuff. I think there are some new features in there too. Now
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2108 I'm headed back to school so I'll have more time to hack gaim (isn't
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2109 that supposed to be the reverse?), just as soon as I get my internet
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
diff changeset
2110 connection back >:-/ .
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 877
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2111
881
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2112 Rob: Oh yeah, some of our pixmaps may need a little work. We took
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2113 a lot of them from the Gnome Stock icons. If anyone could do some
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2114 custom ones that stay within the 24x24 boundary and keep the same
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2115 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
2116 to use them. Thanks much!! Viva la LWE.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 880
diff changeset
2117
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2118
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2119 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2120 Rob: Well, guys, I hope you enjoy this version. I've done quite a bit
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2121 of work to the user interface. It's still not in the state that I
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2122 would like it to be, though. Over the next few versions you will
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2123 notice a few more interface changes as we try to bring a more
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2124 professional look to Gaim. As always, we will stay true to our
468
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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diff changeset
2125 pimpin' penguin atittude.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2126
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2127 Eric: While Rob's been busy making things pretty, I've been busy
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2128 making things work :). The chat and IM windows got merged, which
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2129 means that they both have the same features (notably, IM has /me
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2130 and chat has font/color dialogs and smileys). Also smileys should
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 468
diff changeset
2131 work better in general now (thanks fflew).
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2132
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2133 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>
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2134 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>
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2135 day and claim to do work. WOOO! Just kidding, brother :-P
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2136
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2137
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2138 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
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2139 Rob: PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
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2140 PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2141 PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA PLA
330
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2142
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2143 All of that nonsense aside, there are a few things that DIDN'T happen
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2144 in this version of gaim. The user interface changes will wait until
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2145 the 0.9.20 release. We've decided to turn 0.9.19 into a "new feature
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
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2146 and major bug fix" release. All/Most major bugs should be worked out
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2147 now. We're sorry about the problem of segfaulting when your buddylist
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
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2148 stored on the server was null. Oops! We won't let it happen again,
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
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2149 we promise.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 379
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2150
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2151 Eric: Lots of good changes in this one, including locale support. Chat
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
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2152 had a lot of things done to it, but it's still not finished. The UI
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2153 didn't get the overhaul we were planning, but we wanted to get a few
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2154 bugfixes out.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
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2155
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2156 Lemme say something about reporting bugs. Please do. Please try to give
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
diff changeset
2157 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
2158 you give, please be POLITE. If you tell us our software is crap then
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
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2159 we're probably not going to respond well.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2160
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2161 Rob: Before I close up and say goodnight, I'd like to say that I
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
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2162 agree with Eric. Reporting problems and/or helpful criticism in
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2163 a polite manner always yields the best results. Peace all, and
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 383
diff changeset
2164 happy hacking.
383
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 382
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2165
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2166 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2167 Rob: Talk about release early, release often - sheesh! We're going
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2168 insane. Ya know, I'm not too happy with the Gaim UI. I dont know
320
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2169 how the rest of you feel but it's time for a nice overhaul. In the
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2170 next few days I'll be sitting down with some of my friends and coming
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2171 up with an improved interface. I hope you all enjoy it. It'll
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2172 include better looking dialogs, icons, sounds (hopefully lol), etc.
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2173
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2174 And -- for your random silly message of the day --
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2175
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2176 "Beans and Franks, Beans and Franks, Wine And Beer, Have No Fear!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
diff changeset
2177 I can sing! I can dance! I have a penguin in my pants!"
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 303
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2178
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2179 - Rob Flynn after not having enough sleep.
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2180
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2181 Eric: I've had less sleep than Rob, I can guarantee you that. There's
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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diff changeset
2182 actually a lot going on in this release, despite 2 releases 2 days ago.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 320
diff changeset
2183 Don't ask me how; I think the elves had something to do with it.
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2184
323
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2185 Oscar support is almost to the point where I'm considering removing
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2186 the 'experimental' label from configure. For those of you brave enough
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
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2187 to try it, I'd like feedback. (And if you happen to write a patch to
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2188 fix some of the stuff that would be really cool too.) Hopefully for the
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
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2189 next release, in addition to the cool new UI, Gaim/Faim will be able to
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2190 do nearly everything Gaim/TOC can do. (Big things coming in 0.9.19, I
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2191 can feel it....)
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
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2192
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
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2193 And just remember, you *can* have too many gummi candies. Especially if
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2194 you eat nearly a whole kilo of them. Believe me. I know. But the gummi
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
diff changeset
2195 cherries are damn good.
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 321
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2196
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2197 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
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2198 Rob: I am an e-mail fiend!
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 292
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2199 (after receiving 60 emails within a 5 minute period about a problem
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2200 and responding to all of them immediately)
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2201
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2202 I am stupid.
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2203
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2204 Eric: Heh heh. 2 releases in one day. I'm impressed. Maybe one of these
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2205 times we'll actually get some of it right ;) Anyway, yeah. Just bug fixes in
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Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
parents: 295
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2206 this one.
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2207
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2208 Rob: Yeah, we wouldn't be ourselves if we released it once and got it
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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2209 right, would we? :-)
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2210
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2211 0.9.16:
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2212 Rob: Blah Blah Blah.
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2213
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2214 Eric: Looks like Rob didn't have much to say, so I'll write something
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2215 instead :)
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2216
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2217 There's a few good things in this release, the most important of them
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2218 being: Better proxy support, of course. Oh yeah, and you can sign on now,
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2219 so that's a good thing too. There's a few more good things going on in this
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2220 release, so check out the ChangeLog.
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2221
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2222 Play nicely, and we'll keep hacking away at it.
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2223
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2224 Rob: Go Watch `Road Trip'.
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2225
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2226 0.9.15:
219
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2227 Hey boy's and girls. There's not much to say here this time.
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2228 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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2229 got our company website up and the product development is going pretty
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2230 smooth. Life's pretty sweet now.
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2231
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2232 We've hacked up all kinds of goodies for you in 0.9.15. There's
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2233 some file transfer (receive) support for those of you who have been
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2234 wanting it for a while. There's some other misc. goodies tossed in as
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2235 well. Enjoy!! Oh yeah, we need a new website. Come up with a sweet
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2236 design and get in touch with me. The current site is at:
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2237 http://www.marko.net/gaim
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2238
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2239 Thanks much!
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2240
170
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2241
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2242 0.9.14:
104
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2243 Well, there's a few random hacks and fixes in here, along with
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
parents: 76
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2244 a little suprise. You guessed it, kiddos, support for plugins! Happy
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2245 hacking!
76
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2246
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2247 0.9.13:
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2248 Not much to say for this release. Bug fixes, That's all. Look
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2249 for the goodies I promised in 0.9.13 to appear in 0.9.14 which should be
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2250 released very soon now.
56
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2251
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2252 By the way, our CVS is now hosted over at source forge. Go check
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2253 it out at http://www.sourceforge.net. Please check there before submitting
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2254 any bug reports (You can read our CVS comments to see if we have fixed any
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2255 problems).
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2256
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2257 0.9.12:
25
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2258 Well guys, looks like we got some nifty things in this version.
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2259 TrueType Fonts are supported for those XFSTT buffs out there (or whatever
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2260 else you use). A crap load of those plaguing memory leaks have FINALLY been
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2261 fixed. My brother, Jeramey, and a new friend Peter Teichan helped stomp
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Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
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2262 those babies out. A rad guy by the name of Eric Warmenhoven has been
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2263 really sweet lately and has all but rewritten the Gnome Applet support :).
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2264 He submitted patch after patch. I finally got annoyed with him (just kidding bud)
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2265 and gave him CVS access. Look for Gnome Applet support in Gaim to start improving.
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2266 That's about all for now. I wanted to get this release out there. File Receive
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2267 support will be in 0.9.13 which is due out soon.
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2268
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2269 0.9.11:
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2270 Jeramey got a new Comfy Chair! Its very very comfy! Whee!
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2271 Jim also had a little hyper-drunken moment and started hacking away at
2536
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2272 a new configuration format for Gaim. Looks like we're running .gaimrc
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2273 version 1 now. Gotta love it. I got bored and hacked in a couple font
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2274 properties that will, in time, contain more features. That's about it
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2275 for this version -- cept for that memory leak we fixed. Shush! We're
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2276 not plumbers! -- rob
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2277
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2278 ** Extra special update **
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2279
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2280 Well guys, it looks like we all stopped working on gaim, moved to California,
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2281 and took up a new job. Don't worry though, those beach bums out here havent
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2282 worn off on us yet. I've decided to pick up the Gaim torch myself and continue
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2283 development ont he prohect. Hopefully we wont have any more five month braks in
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2284 the project. Sorry about that, guys :)
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2285
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2286 0.9.10:
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2287 Umm. Dont ask. Silly memory leak. For those of you who
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2288 wondered, you were losing about 256 bytes every 25 seconds for each
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2289 person you have on your contact list. Make fun of us. Better yet ..
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2290 Send us beer. We'll do better :)
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2291
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2292 0.9.9:
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2293 Welp, All of you boys and girls who run Mandrake and have some
2536
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2294 problems with Gaim working properly, please check out the FAQ file. It
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2295 contains a nice fix submitted by one of our users. I hope this works for
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2296 you guys!
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2297 Jim appears to have intoxicated himself. This is, as always, a
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2298 Good Thing (tm). His late-night adventure with the liquid-bread food group
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2299 lead to the birth of a nice little feature called `The Lag-O-Meter'. Dont
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2300 ask, just try it out :). It is pretty pointless if you have a super-fast
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2301 connection but if you are a modem user, like many of us are, then try it out.
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2302 There's also some idle preferences and some other little random
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2303 bug fixes. Check'em out yo :)
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2304
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2305 0.9.8:
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2306 Get Along Lil' Doggies. Heh. Looks like we have yet another new
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2307 version of gaim for you guys to play with. Be gentle now, it has a few
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2308 new fetures. The HTML widget is now more robust and we have *da da da*
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2309 HTTP proxy support.
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2310 Oh By The Way, Do not pay too much attention to what we are doing
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2311 with this release. We are all a little bit happy tonight. You must love
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2312 life. This is a special release of gaim. We will be releasing some wonderful
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2313 photographs soon .. or perhaps if we get the bloody webcam working then we
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2314 will take a couple of quick snapshots.
2536
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2315 Looks like the Gaim developers convention (cool name huh) that we
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2316 had this weekend in Auburn, AL went wonderfully :). yum yum yum. Hahahah. Oh
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2317 by the way. Beware of insecure rednecks in the deli. Bad things.
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2318 In (non)related news, Jeramey could not successfully slaughter the
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2319 one pound hamburger that he ordered. (I think he could have done it but he
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2320 wasn't feeling very well at the time).
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2321 Oh Yes, New Logo Too :) You likes? Thanks, Naru!
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2322 Just a little side-note: it looks like we didnt make the release that
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2323 we had expected during the Gaim Convention. Maybe we partied too much? I am
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2324 not sure. I remember watching the sun rise before I went to bed, though.
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2325 Oh well. Here's your release! Enjoy!
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2326 By The Way, we have uploaded our party pictures to a website.
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2327 http://www.dorky.net/gaim/party/ They are nothing spectacular but I hope you
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2328 enjoy them! :).
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2329
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2330 0.9.7:
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2331 Well, boys and girls, it's that time again! Yup, time for the good
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2332 release fairy to come bless us with her infinite wisdom and divine presence.
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2333 Umm, yeah, something like that. Anyways, this release has several little
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2334 "bad" network fixes (as Jim likes to say) and a couple touch-ups to a few
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2335 other features. It also features preliminary oscar support. Thanks to Jim
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2336 and Adam ("the libfaim guy") hehe :) We have also corrected a problem with
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2337 gaim not wainting to correctly save your password if you have an underscore
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2338 in it. Thanks to w1za7d for pointing out the underscore problem. ' and \
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2339 have also been fixed in passwords. :o)
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2340
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2341 0.9.6:
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2342 Sorry about the little segfaulting bugs in the past release. Rob
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2343 is stupid. :). Anyways, they have been patched up and a couple new features
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2344 have been added. I hope you guys enjoy.
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2345
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2346 0.9.5:
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2347 Well we added a myriad of new features to this release. (A lot of
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2348 small buggie fixes too.) If you need a detailed list just check out the
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2349 ChangeLog. We now have a new webpage design and have added a FAQ to the
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2350 distribution. Before coming to us with any problems please take a quick
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2351 look through the FAQ to make sure we havent already covered your question.
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2352 Also, thanks to our beloved Web Monkey, FlynOrange, we have all
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2353 learned the true power of foam weapons, slinkies, and whoopie cushions. Hmm
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2354 gotta love those pranks, eh?
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2355
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2356 0.8.0:
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2357 Well, just starting the NEWS file. I'll try to remember what's new
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2358 from the last version. Hmmm. BIG code reorg. Import/export, buddy pounce
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2359 among the major new features. Autoconf script too, which is a big win.
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2360 Apologies to those who submitted patches which haven't made it in.. I
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2361 promise, the next version! This code reorg took up a lot of my time, and I
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