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ok. messages work. transports sort of work (you'll sign into them if you have them, but you won't see them and you can't add or remove them). resource is not a part of buddy's names, which is a very very big plus, since it means things will work incredibly well now. at some point the resource may be added back somehow but if it is it won't be part of the name.
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
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1 STATUS of GAIM CVS tree. Last modified $Date: 2000-12-20 08:27:10 -0500 (Wed, 20 Dec 2000) $ by $Author: warmenhoven $. |
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3 This file is meant to provide gaim users who use the CVS version to see whether | |
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4 they actually want to compile what they just checked out. Gaim CVS is usually |
960 | 5 relatively stable (we use it all the time), but has tendencies to be quirky at |
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9 OVERALL | |
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12 The current CVS tree is more or less back to "normal". It seems to be stable, |
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13 and allows multiple connections (which should also be stable). |
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15 There have been a lot of changes in the past month; I think all of the bugs |
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16 have been worked out but I'm sure there are still a lot remaining. Please, if |
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17 you get bored one day, go on a big bug hunt. |
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20 MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS | |
21 ==================== | |
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23 I'm impressed that this is working. It took a major restructuring of the | |
24 internals of gaim. Everything had been based around one connection, and that | |
25 connection used one protocol or the other. Now, there are many connections, and | |
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26 each connection may be using a different protocol. This change should be nearing |
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27 completion now; most things are working and there are very few FIXME's related |
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28 to multiple connections left. |
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31 BUDDY LIST | |
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34 The buddy list should now be stable. The only thing that'll be missing is if |
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35 you're signed on as more than one name, the tooltips and idle times for buddies |
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36 won't display correctly. |
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39 Applet | |
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42 The applet should be stable and completely functional now (as far as the applet |
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43 part of it goes). |
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46 Plugins |
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50 every plugin is going to need to be rewritten. Have fun porting from 0.10.x to |
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55 ==== |
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62 TOC |
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65 TOC is working reasonably well. The options to use a proxy got moved to the |
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66 account editor, and are set up on a per-account basis, in case you were |
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67 wondering. TOC can be used to sign into ICQ; though you should use the ICQ |
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71 Oscar |
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75 details on Oscar. Oscar can be used to sign into ICQ; though you should use the |
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79 Yahoo |
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92 joining chat rooms and holding conversations within them. The buddylist | |
93 also works and users have the ability to send ping requests to the user | |
94 by right clicking their name. /me support is also added. Other commands | |
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1321 | 102 buddylist is functional. It also supports permit/deny lists and going |
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106 small delay. It will appear as if the client has frozen. This will not | |
107 always be the case. I have a fix that I havent taken the time to write yet. | |
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115 sending/receiving messages, and receiving URLs. Keepalives are sent regardless |
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124 do on its own so far. But if you use a different Jabber client and create a |
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134 Heh. Ok, so I (Rob) am on crack! Gaim can sign on/off of Napster, add/remove | |
135 people to your hotlist (buddylist) as well as chat privately and in chat rooms. | |
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