comparison ChangeLog @ 32118:041d5144730f

propagate from branch 'im.pidgin.pidgin' (head d5a2e2287440ac7134c201e66921754bd4187ba9) to branch 'im.pidgin.soc.2009.webkitmessageview' (head 4e16095b9e87587f84d0244acecf411e76f0e349)
author masca@cpw.pidgin.im
date Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:51:25 +0000
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2 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
3 2
4 version 2.6.4 (??/??/20??): 3 version 2.6.6 (??/??/20??):
4 Gadu-Gadu:
5 * Fix display of avatars after a server-side change. (Krzysztof
6 Klinikowski)
7
8 MSN:
9 * File transfer requests will no longer cause a crash if you delete the
10 file before the other side accepts.
11 * Recieved files will no longer hold an extra lock after completion,
12 meaning they can be moved or deleted without complaints from your OS.
13 * Buddies who sign in from a second location will no longer cause an
14 unnecessary chat window to open.
15 * Support setting an animated GIF as a buddy icon.
16
17 XMPP:
18 * Added support for the SCRAM-SHA-1 SASL mechanism. This is only
19 available when built without Cyrus SASL support.
20 * When getting info on a domain-only (server) JID, show uptime
21 (when given by the result of the "last query") and don't show status as
22 offline.
23
24 version 2.6.5 (01/08/2010):
25 libpurple:
26 * TLS certificates are actually stored to the local cache once again
27 (accepting a name mismatch on a certificate should now be remembered)
28
29 General:
30 * Build-time fixes for Solaris. (Paul Townsend)
31
32 AIM and ICQ:
33 * Messages from some mobile clients are no longer displayed as
34 Chinese characters (broken in 2.6.4)
35
36 MSN:
37 * Fix an issue allowing a remote user to download arbitrary files from
38 a libpurple client. (CVE-2010-0013)
39
40 XMPP:
41 * Do not crash when attempting to register for a new account on Windows.
42 * Fix file transfer with clients that do not support Entity Capabilities
43 (e.g. Spark)
44
45 version 2.6.4 (11/29/2009):
5 libpurple: 46 libpurple:
6 * Actually emit the hold signal for media calls. 47 * Actually emit the hold signal for media calls.
48 * Fix building the GnuTLS plugin with older versions of GnuTLS.
49 * Fix DNS TXT query resolution.
50 * Don't send Proxy-Authorization headers to HTTP proxy servers until we've
51 received a "407 Proxy Authentication Required" response from the server.
52 (thecrux)
53 * Added "MXit" protocol plugin, supported and maintained by the MXit folks
54 themselves (MXit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd.)
7 55
8 General: 56 General:
9 * New 'plugins' sub-command to 'debug' command (i.e. '/debug plugins') 57 * New 'plugins' sub-command to 'debug' command (i.e. '/debug plugins')
10 to announce the list of loaded plugins (in both Finch and Pidgin). 58 to announce the list of loaded plugins (in both Finch and Pidgin).
11 * Fix building the GnuTLS plugin with older versions of GnuTLS.
12 * Fix DNS TXT query resolution.
13 * Always rejoin open chats after an account reconnects. 59 * Always rejoin open chats after an account reconnects.
14 60
15 AIM and ICQ: 61 AIM and ICQ:
16 * Better rate limit calculations and other improvements. (Aman Gupta) 62 * Better rate limit calculations and other improvements. (Aman Gupta)
17 * More detailed error messages when messages fail to send. (Aman Gupta) 63 * More detailed error messages when messages fail to send. (Aman Gupta)
18 * The simultaneous login account option is respected when using 64 * The simultaneous login account option is respected when using
19 the clientLogin authentication method. 65 the clientLogin authentication method.
20 * Fix offline message retrieval (broken in 2.6.3) 66 * Fix offline message retrieval (broken in 2.6.3)
67 * Fix handling of markup on some messages (broken in 2.6.2)
21 * Fix SSL when clientLogin is enabled. 68 * Fix SSL when clientLogin is enabled.
69 * Fix sending and receiving Unicode characters in a Direct IM
22 70
23 MSN: 71 MSN:
24 * Don't forget display names for buddies. 72 * Don't forget display names for buddies.
25 * Fix a random crash that might occur when idle. 73 * Fix a random crash that might occur when idle.
26 * Fix more FQY 240 connection errors. 74 * Fix more FQY 240 connection errors.
27 * Fix a crash that could occur when adding a buddy. 75 * Fix a crash that could occur when adding a buddy.
28 * Fix an occasional crash when sending message to an offline user. 76 * Fix an occasional crash when sending message to an offline user.
29 * Fix a random crash that might occur when idle. 77 * Fix a random crash that might occur when idle.
30 * Fix a crash when logging in with some long non-ASCII passwords. 78 * Fix a crash when logging in with some long non-ASCII passwords.
31 (Shaun Lindsay) 79 (Shaun Lindsay)
80 * Cache our own friendly name as the server no longer does that for
81 us. Users of older versions may need to re-set their friendly name
82 as it has probably been reset.
32 83
33 XMPP: 84 XMPP:
34 * Users connecting to Google Talk now have an "Initiate Chat" context menu 85 * Users connecting to Google Talk now have an "Initiate Chat" context menu
35 option for their buddies. (Eion Robb) 86 option for their buddies. (Eion Robb)
36 * Fix a crash when attempting to validate an invalid JID. 87 * Fix a crash when attempting to validate an invalid JID.
37 * Resolve an issue when connecting to iChat Server when no resource 88 * Resolve an issue when connecting to iChat Server when no resource
38 is specified. 89 is specified.
39 * Try to automatically find a STUN server by using an SRV lookup on the 90 * Try to automatically find a STUN server by using an SRV lookup on the
40 account's domain, and use that for voice and video if found and the user 91 account's domain, and use that for voice and video if found and the user
41 didn't set one manually in prefs. 92 didn't set one manually in prefs.
42 * Fix a crash when adding a buddy without an '@'. 93 * Fix a crash when adding a buddy without an '@'.
94 * Don't show the option to send a file to a buddy if we know for certain
95 they don't support any file transfer method supported by libpurple.
96 * Keep the avatar on the server if one is not set locally.
43 97
44 Yahoo: 98 Yahoo:
45 * Fix sending /buzz. 99 * Fix sending /buzz.
46 * Fix blocking behavior for federated (MSN/OCS/Sametime) service users. 100 * Fix blocking behavior for federated (MSN/OCS/Sametime) service users.
47 (Jason Cohen) 101 (Jason Cohen)
51 105
52 Finch: 106 Finch:
53 * The TinyURL plugin now creates shorter URLs for long non-conversation 107 * The TinyURL plugin now creates shorter URLs for long non-conversation
54 URLs, e.g. URLs to open Inbox in Yahoo/MSN protocols, or the Yahoo 108 URLs, e.g. URLs to open Inbox in Yahoo/MSN protocols, or the Yahoo
55 Captcha when joining chat rooms. 109 Captcha when joining chat rooms.
110 * Fix displaying umlauts etc. in non-utf8 locale (fix in libgnt).
56 111
57 Pidgin: 112 Pidgin:
58 * The userlist in a multiuser chat can be styled via gtkrc by using the 113 * The userlist in a multiuser chat can be styled via gtkrc by using the
59 widget name "pidgin_conv_userlist". (Heiko Schmitt) 114 widget name "pidgin_conv_userlist". (Heiko Schmitt)
60 * Add a hold button to the media window. 115 * Add a hold button to the media window.
116 * Fix a bug where the conversation backlog stops scrolling in a very busy
117 chat room.
118 * In the Conversation "Send To" menu, offline buddies appear grayed
119 out (but are still selectable). Previously, only offline buddies on
120 accounts that do not support offline messaging appeared grayed out.
121
122 Pidgin Preference and Preference Window Changes:
123 * Removed the "Use font from theme" and "Conversation Font" preferences
124 for everyone except Windows users. The font can be controlled from the
125 Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin.
126 * Tabs in the Preferences window are now on the left side.
127 * The Browser tab is now visible for GNOME users.
128 * Added a Proxy tab shown no matter what environment Pidgin runs in.
129 * The Browser and Proxy tabs show appropriate GNOME-specific messages and
130 allow launching the correct applications to change the relevant GNOME
131 preferences if found. These were previously together on the Network
132 tab.
133 * Moved the port range spin buttons on the Network tab to be beside the
134 checkbox that enables/disables them.
135 * Reorganized preferences on the Status/Idle tab to have one less
136 "section."
137 * Reorganized preferences on the Sounds tab to have one less "section."
138 * Renamed Smiley Themes tab to Themes.
139 * Moved Buddy List Theme and Status Icon Theme selectors from Interface
140 tab to Themes tab.
141 * Moved Sound Theme selector from Sounds tab to Themes tab.
142 * Changed the Smiley Theme selector to be consistent with the other theme
143 selectors.
144 * Rearranged tabs such that Interface is first and all remaining tabs are
145 alphabetized in English.
61 146
62 version 2.6.3 (10/16/2009): 147 version 2.6.3 (10/16/2009):
63 General: 148 General:
64 * Fix a crash when performing DNS queries on Unixes that use the 149 * Fix a crash when performing DNS queries on Unixes that use the
65 blocking DNS lookups. (Brian Lu) 150 blocking DNS lookups. (Brian Lu)