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[gaim-migrate @ 10665] "This patch adds gaim_notify_userinfo() and a notify_userinfo() UI callback. gaim_notify_userinfo() is much like gaim_notify_formatted() except that it always takes a GaimConnection* as its handle and has an additional argument, const char* who. gaim_gtk_notify_userinfo() currently passes all the information except the GaimConnection* and the const char* who to gaim_gtk_notify_formatted(). This could be changed in the future to, for example, have a standardized window title which would note the account and/or user associated with the information. This is needed because some UIs (Adium, for example) don't want to present the information in a standalone window - they want to associate the information with a particular contact / buddy and display it with that object's other information. Previously, gaim_notify_formatted() was not useful for this purpose as it could not be determined what user's info it was; gaim_notify_userinfo() makes this possible. This patch modifies notify.c and notify.h for the new function, modifies gtknotify.c to register the ui op and pass calls to it on the gaim_gtk_notify_formatted, and modifies all prpls except SILC (which I don't understand well enough to modify, but there's no actual harm in leaving it as gaim_notify_formatted() for now) to use gaim_notify_userinfo() and pass their gc and username when calling the function." -- Evan Schoenberg committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

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Gaim is a fast-moving project with a somewhat regular release schedule.  
Due to the rate of gaim development, CVS undergoes frequent bursts of 
massive changes, often leaving behind brokenness and partial 
functionality while the responsible developers rewrite some portion of 
code or seek to add new features.

What this all boils down to is that CVS _WILL_ sometimes be broken.
Because of this, we ask that users who are not interested in
personally tracking down bugs and fixing them (without a lot of
assistance from the developers!) avoid CVS and use releases.  Since
releases will be made often, this should not prevent anyone from using
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to deal with ugly development bugs that we already know about but
haven't gotten around to fixing.

If you are interested in hacking on gaim, please read README and
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