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Fix up the ChangeLog, add missing items, "de-credit" Mark from changes he made to MySpace (since we don't typically credit developers in the ChangeLog) and write some NEWS!
author Kevin Stange <kevin@simguy.net>
date Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:00:58 +0000
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1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul 1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul
2 2
3 version 2.5.3 (12/18/2008): 3 version 2.5.3 (12/18/2008):
4 libpurple: 4 libpurple:
5 * Corrected maximum message lengths for Yahoo!
6 * The Buddy State Notification plugin no longer prints duplicate 5 * The Buddy State Notification plugin no longer prints duplicate
7 notifications when the same buddy is in multiple groups (Florian 6 notifications when the same buddy is in multiple groups. (Florian
8 Quèze) 7 Quèze)
9 * The Buddy State Notification plugin no longer turns JID's, MSN 8 * The Buddy State Notification plugin no longer turns JID's, MSN
10 Passport ID's, etc. into links (Florian Quèze) 9 Passport ID's, etc. into links. (Florian Quèze)
11 * purple-remote now has a "getstatusmessage" command to retrieve 10 * purple-remote now has a "getstatusmessage" command to retrieve
12 the text of the current status message. 11 the text of the current status message.
13 * Various fixes to the nullprpl (Paul Aurich) 12 * Various fixes to the nullprpl. (Paul Aurich)
14 * Fix a crash when accessing the roomlist for an account that's not 13 * Fix a crash when accessing the roomlist for an account that's not
15 connected (Paul Aurich) 14 connected. (Paul Aurich)
16 * Fix a crash in purple_accounts_delete that happens when this 15 * Fix a crash in purple_accounts_delete that happens when this
17 function is called before the buddy list is initialized 16 function is called before the buddy list is initialized.
18 (Florian Quèze) 17 (Florian Quèze)
19 * Fix use of av_len in perl bindings to fix some off-by-one bugs 18 * Fix use of av_len in perl bindings to fix some off-by-one bugs
20 (Paul Aurich) 19 (Paul Aurich)
21 * On ICQ, advertise the ICQ 6 typing capability. This should fix 20 * On ICQ, advertise the ICQ 6 typing capability. This should fix
22 the reports of typing notifications not working with third-party 21 the reports of typing notifications not working with third-party
23 clients (Jaromír Karmazín) 22 clients. (Jaromír Karmazín)
24 * Many QQ fixes and improvements, including the ability to connect 23 * Many QQ fixes and improvements, including the ability to connect
25 using QQ2008 protocol and sending/receiving of long messages. 24 using QQ2008 protocol and sending/receiving of long messages.
26 The recommended version to use is still QQ2005. 25 The recommended version to use is still QQ2005.
27 * Fix a crash with DNS SRV lookups (Florian Quèze) 26 * Fix a crash with DNS SRV lookups. (Florian Quèze)
28 * Fix insanely long idle times for Sametime 7.5 buddies by assuming 27 * Fix a crash caused by authorization requests. (Florian Quèze)
29 0 idle time if the idle timestamp is in the future (Laurent
30 Montaron)
31 28
32 Gadu-Gadu: 29 Gadu-Gadu:
33 * Fix some problems with Gadu-Gadu buddy icons (Adam Strzelecki) 30 * Fix some problems with Gadu-Gadu buddy icons. (Adam Strzelecki)
34 * Gadu-Gadu now checks that UID's are valid (Adam Strzelecki) 31 * Gadu-Gadu now checks that UID's are valid. (Adam Strzelecki)
35 * Gadu-Gadu now does proper charset translations where needed (Adam 32 * Gadu-Gadu now does proper charset translations where needed. (Adam
36 Strzelecki) 33 Strzelecki)
37 34
38 MSN: 35 MSN:
39 * Fix an error with offline messages by shipping the *new* 36 * Fix an error with offline messages by shipping the *new*
40 "Microsoft Secure Server Authority" and the "Microsoft Internet 37 "Microsoft Secure Server Authority" and the "Microsoft Internet
46 shows the album, if possible. 43 shows the album, if possible.
47 * Messages sent from a mobile device while you were offline are now 44 * Messages sent from a mobile device while you were offline are now
48 correctly received. 45 correctly received.
49 * Server transfers after you've been connected for a long time 46 * Server transfers after you've been connected for a long time
50 should now be handled correctly. 47 should now be handled correctly.
48 * Many improvements to handling of "federated" buddies, such as those
49 on the Yahoo network.
50 * Several known crashes have been resolved.
51 * Many other fixes and code cleanup. 51 * Many other fixes and code cleanup.
52 52
53 MySpace: 53 MySpace:
54 * Respect your privacy settings set using the official MySpace client 54 * Respect your privacy settings set using the official MySpace client.
55 (Mark Doliner) 55 * Add support for blocking buddies.
56 * Add support for blocking buddies (Mark Doliner)
57 * Fix a bug where buddies didn't appear in their correct groups the 56 * Fix a bug where buddies didn't appear in their correct groups the
58 first time you sign into your account (Mark Doliner) 57 first time you sign into your account.
59 * Support for foreground and background font colors in outgoing IMs 58 * Properly disconnect and sign out of the service when logging off.
60 * Support for background font colors in incoming IMs 59 * Support for foreground and background font colors in outgoing IMs.
60 * Support for background font colors in incoming IMs.
61 * Many other fixes and code cleanup.
62
63 Sametime:
64 * Fix insanely long idle times for Sametime 7.5 buddies by assuming
65 0 idle time if the idle timestamp is in the future. (Laurent
66 Montaron)
67 * Fix a crash that can occur on login. (Raiko Nitzsche)
61 68
62 SIMPLE: 69 SIMPLE:
63 * Fix a crash when a malformed message is received. 70 * Fix a crash when a malformed message is received.
64 * Don't allow connecting accounts if no server name has been 71 * Don't allow connecting accounts if no server name has been
65 specified (Florian Quèze) 72 specified. (Florian Quèze)
66 73
67 XMPP: 74 XMPP:
68 * Fix the namespace URL we look for in PEP reply stanzas to match 75 * Fix the namespace URL we look for in PEP reply stanzas to match
69 the URL used in the 'get' requests (Paul Aurich) 76 the URL used in the 'get' requests (Paul Aurich)
70 * Resources can be set to the local machine's hostname by using 77 * Resources can be set to the local machine's hostname by using
71 __HOSTNAME__ as the resource string (Jonathan Sailor) 78 __HOSTNAME__ as the resource string. (Jonathan Sailor)
72 * Resources can now be left blank, causing the server to generate a 79 * Resources can now be left blank, causing the server to generate a
73 resource for us where supported (Jonathan Sailor) 80 resource for us where supported. (Jonathan Sailor)
74 * Resources now default to no value 81 * Resources now default to no value, but "Home" is used if the
75 * Quit trying to get user info for MUC's (Paul Aurich) 82 server refuses to provide a resource.
83 * Quit trying to get user info for MUC's. (Paul Aurich)
76 * Send "client-accepts-full-bind-result" attribute during SASL 84 * Send "client-accepts-full-bind-result" attribute during SASL
77 login. This will fix Google Talk login failures if the user 85 login. This will fix Google Talk login failures if the user
78 configures the wrong domain for his/her account. 86 configures the wrong domain for his/her account.
79 * Support new <metadata/> element to indicate no XEP-0084 User 87 * Support new <metadata/> element to indicate no XEP-0084 User
80 Avatar (Paul Aurich) 88 Avatar. (Paul Aurich)
81 * Fix SHA1 avatar checksum errors that occur when one of the bytes 89 * Fix SHA1 avatar checksum errors that occur when one of the bytes
82 in a checksum begins with 0 (Paul Aurich) 90 in a checksum begins with 0. (Paul Aurich)
91 * Fix a problem with duplicate buddies. (Paul Aurich)
92
93 Yahoo:
94 * Corrected maximum message lengths for Yahoo!
95 * Fix file transfers with older Yahoo protocol versions.
83 96
84 Zephyr: 97 Zephyr:
85 * Enable auto-reply, to emulate 'zaway' (Toby Schaffer) 98 * Enable auto-reply, to emulate 'zaway.' (Toby Schaffer)
86 * Fix a crash when an account is configured to use tzc but tzc is 99 * Fix a crash when an account is configured to use tzc but tzc is
87 not installed or the configured tzc command is invalid (Michael 100 not installed or the configured tzc command is invalid. (Michael
88 Terry) 101 Terry)
89 * Fix a 10 second delay waiting on tzc if it is not installed or the 102 * Fix a 10 second delay waiting on tzc if it is not installed or the
90 configured command is invalid (Michael Terry) 103 configured command is invalid. (Michael Terry)
91 104
92 Pidgin: 105 Pidgin:
93 * On GTK+ 2.14 and higher, we're using the gtk-tooltip-delay setting 106 * On GTK+ 2.14 and higher, we're using the gtk-tooltip-delay setting
94 instead of our own (hidden) tooltip_delay pref. If you had 107 instead of our own (hidden) tooltip_delay pref. If you had
95 previously changed that pref, add a line like this to 108 previously changed that pref, add a line like this to
97 gtk-tooltip-timeout = 500 110 gtk-tooltip-timeout = 500
98 To completely disable tooltips (e.g. if you had an old 111 To completely disable tooltips (e.g. if you had an old
99 tooltip_delay of zero), add this to ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0: 112 tooltip_delay of zero), add this to ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0:
100 gtk-enable-tooltips = 0 113 gtk-enable-tooltips = 0
101 * Moved the release notification dialog to a mini-dialog in the 114 * Moved the release notification dialog to a mini-dialog in the
102 buddylist. (Thanks to Casey Ho) 115 buddylist. (Casey Ho)
103 * Fix a crash when closing an authorization minidialog with the X 116 * Fix a crash when closing an authorization minidialog with the X
104 then immediately going offline (Paul Aurich) 117 then immediately going offline. (Paul Aurich)
105 * Fix a crash when closing Pidgin related to custom smileys (disassociate 118 * Fix a crash cleaning up custom smileys when Pidgin is closed.
106 smileys from GtkIMHtml widgets when they are destroyed). 119 * Fix adding a custom smiley using the context menu in a conversation
107 * Fix adding custom a custom smiley using the context menu from a 120 if no custom smilies have previously been added using the smiley
108 conversation in the case when no custom smiley had been added before 121 manager.
109 using the smiley manager. 122 * Improved support for some message formatting in conversations.
123 * Allow focusing the coversation history or userlist with F6.
124 * Fixed the Send Button plugin to avoid duplicate buttons in a single
125 conversation.
126 * Double-clicking a saved status will now activate it and close the
127 saved status manager, rather than edit the status.
110 128
111 Finch: 129 Finch:
112 * Allow binding meta+arrow keys for actions. 130 * Allow binding meta+arrow keys for actions.
113 131 * Added default meta+erase binding for delete previous word.
132 * Added "Show When Offline" to buddy menus, so a plugin is no longer
133 needed.
114 134
115 version 2.5.2 (10/19/2008): 135 version 2.5.2 (10/19/2008):
116 libpurple: 136 libpurple:
117 * Fixed a crash on removing a custom buddy icon on a buddy. 137 * Fixed a crash on removing a custom buddy icon on a buddy.
118 * Fixed a crash caused by certain self-signed SSL certificates. 138 * Fixed a crash caused by certain self-signed SSL certificates.