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1 -=[ GAIM ]=- The Pimpin' Penguin AIM Clone That's Good For The Soul!
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6 Well, there's a few random hacks and fixes in here, along with
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7 a little suprise. You guessed it, kiddos, support for plugins! Happy
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11 Not much to say for this release. Bug fixes, That's all. Look
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12 for the goodies I promised in 0.9.13 to appear in 0.9.14 which should be
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13 released very soon now.
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15 By the way, our CVS is now hosted over at source forge. Go check
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16 it out at http://www.sourceforge.net. Please check there before submitting
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17 any bug reports (You can read our CVS comments to see if we have fixed any
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18 problems).
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21 Well guys, looks like we got some nifty things in this version.
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22 TrueType Fonts are supported for those XFSTT buffs out there (or whatever
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23 else you use). A crap load of those plaguing memory leaks have FINALLY been
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24 fixed. My brother, Jeramey, and a new friend Peter Teichan helped stomp
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25 those babies out. A rad guy by the name of Eric Warmenhoven has been
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26 really sweet lately and has all but rewritten the Gnome Applet support :).
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27 He submitted patch after patch. I finally got annoyed with him (just kidding bud)
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28 and gave him CVS access. Look for Gnome Applet support in Gaim to start improving.
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29 That's about all for now. I wanted to get this release out there. File Receive
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30 support will be in 0.9.13 which is due out soon.
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32 0.9.11:
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33 Jeramey got a new Comfy Chair! Its very very comfy! Whee!
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34 Jim also had a little hyper-drunken moment and started hacking away at
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35 a new configuration format for GAIM. Looks like we're running .gaimrc
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36 version 1 now. Gotta love it. I got bored and hacked in a couple font
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37 properties that will, in time, contain more features. That's about it
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38 for this version -- cept for that memory leak we fixed. Shush! We're
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39 not plumbers! -- rob
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41 ** Extra special update **
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43 Well guys, it looks like we all stopped working on gaim, moved to California,
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44 and took up a new job. Don't worry though, those beach bums out here havent
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45 worn off on us yet. I've decided to pick up the Gaim torch myself and continue
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46 development ont he prohect. Hopefully we wont have any more five month braks in
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47 the project. Sorry about that, guys :)
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49 0.9.10:
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50 Umm. Dont ask. Silly memory leak. For those of you who
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51 wondered, you were losing about 256 bytes every 25 seconds for each
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52 person you have on your contact list. Make fun of us. Better yet ..
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53 Send us beer. We'll do better :)
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55 0.9.9:
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56 Welp, All of you boys and girls who run Mandrake and have some
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57 problems with GAIM working properly, please check out the FAQ file. It
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58 contains a nice fix submitted by one of our users. I hope this works for
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59 you guys!
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60 Jim appears to have intoxicated himself. This is, as always, a
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61 Good Thing (tm). His late-night adventure with the liquid-bread food group
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62 lead to the birth of a nice little feature called `The Lag-O-Meter'. Dont
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63 ask, just try it out :). It is pretty pointless if you have a super-fast
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64 connection but if you are a modem user, like many of us are, then try it out.
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65 There's also some idle preferences and some other little random
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66 bug fixes. Check'em out yo :)
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68 0.9.8:
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69 Get Along Lil' Doggies. Heh. Looks like we have yet another new
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70 version of gaim for you guys to play with. Be gentle now, it has a few
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71 new fetures. The HTML widget is now more robust and we have *da da da*
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72 HTTP proxy support.
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73 Oh By The Way, Do not pay too much attention to what we are doing
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74 with this release. We are all a little bit happy tonight. You must love
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75 life. This is a special release of gaim. We will be releasing some wonderful
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76 photographs soon .. or perhaps if we get the bloody webcam working then we
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77 will take a couple of quick snapshots.
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78 Looks like the GAIM developers convention (cool name huh) that we
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79 had this weekend in Auburn, AL went wonderfully :). yum yum yum. Hahahah. Oh
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80 by the way. Beware of insecure rednecks in the deli. Bad things.
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81 In (non)related news, Jeramey could not successfully slaughter the
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82 one pound hamburger that he ordered. (I think he could have done it but he
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83 wasn't feeling very well at the time).
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84 Oh Yes, New Logo Too :) You likes? Thanks, Naru!
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85 Just a little side-note: it looks like we didnt make the release that
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86 we had expected during the Gaim Convention. Maybe we partied too much? I am
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87 not sure. I remember watching the sun rise before I went to bed, though.
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88 Oh well. Here's your release! Enjoy!
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89 By The Way, we have uploaded our party pictures to a website.
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90 http://www.dorky.net/gaim/party/ They are nothing spectacular but I hope you
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91 enjoy them! :).
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93 0.9.7:
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94 Well, boys and girls, it's that time again! Yup, time for the good
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95 release fairy to come bless us with her infinite wisdom and divine presence.
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96 Umm, yeah, something like that. Anyways, this release has several little
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97 "bad" network fixes (as Jim likes to say) and a couple touch-ups to a few
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98 other features. It also features preliminary oscar support. Thanks to Jim
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99 and Adam ("the libfaim guy") hehe :) We have also corrected a problem with
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100 gaim not wainting to correctly save your password if you have an underscore
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101 in it. Thanks to w1za7d for pointing out the underscore problem. ' and \
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102 have also been fixed in passwords. :o)
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104 0.9.6:
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105 Sorry about the little segfaulting bugs in the past release. Rob
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106 is stupid. :). Anyways, they have been patched up and a couple new features
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107 have been added. I hope you guys enjoy.
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109 0.9.5:
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110 Well we added a myriad of new features to this release. (A lot of
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111 small buggie fixes too.) If you need a detailed list just check out the
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112 ChangeLog. We now have a new webpage design and have added a FAQ to the
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113 distribution. Before coming to us with any problems please take a quick
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114 look through the FAQ to make sure we havent already covered your question.
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115 Also, thanks to our beloved Web Monkey, FlynOrange, we have all
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116 learned the true power of foam weapons, slinkies, and whoopie cushions. Hmm
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117 gotta love those pranks, eh?
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119 0.8.0:
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120 Well, just starting the NEWS file. I'll try to remember what's new
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121 from the last version. Hmmm. BIG code reorg. Import/export, buddy pounce
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122 among the major new features. Autoconf script too, which is a big win.
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123 Apologies to those who submitted patches which haven't made it in.. I
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124 promise, the next version! This code reorg took up a lot of my time, and I
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125 want to get it out there.
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