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diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES index ee4cde69..ac1f1f02 100644 --- a/doc/CHANGES +++ b/doc/CHANGES @@ -1,7 +1,37 @@ +This ChangeLog mostly lists changes relevant to users. A full log can be +found in the bzr commit logs, for example you can try: + +http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/timeline?daysback=90&changeset=on + +Version 1.2.1: +- Fixed proxy support. +- Fixed stalling issues while connecting to Jabber when using the OpenSSL + module. +- Fixed problem with GLib and ForkDaemon where processes didn't die when + the client disconnects. +- Fixed handling of "set charset none". (Which pretty much breaks the account + completely in 1.2.) +- You can now automatically identify yourself to BitlBee by setting a server + password in your IRC client. +- Compatible with all crazy kinds of line endings that clients can send. +- Changed root nicknames are now saved. +- Added ClientInterface setting to bind() outgoing connections to a specific + network interface. +- Support for receiving Jabber chatroom invitations. +- Relaxed port restriction of the Jabber module: added ports 80 and 443. +- Preserving case in Jabber resources of buddies, since these should + officially be treated as case sensitive. +- Fully stripping spaces from AIM screennames, this didn't happen completely + which severly breaks the IRC protocol. +- Removed all the yellow tape around daemon mode, it's pretty mature by now: + testing.bitlbee.org serves all (~30) SSL users from one daemon mode + process without any serious stability issues. +- Fixed GLib <2.6 compatibility issue. +- Misc. memory leak/crash fixes. + +Finished 24 Jun 2008 + Version 1.2: -- First BitlBee development/testing RELEASE. This should be quite stable - though (and for most people more stable than 1.0.x). It just has a couple - of rough edges and needs a bit more testing. - Added ForkDaemon mode next to the existing Daemon- and inetd modes. With ForkDaemon you can run BitlBee as a stand-alone daemon and every connection will run in its own process. No more need to configure inetd, and still you @@ -20,9 +50,18 @@ Version 1.2: This allows us to use more GLib features (like the XML parser). By now GLib 1.x is so old that supporting it really isn't necessary anymore. - Many, many, MANY little changes, improvements, fixes. Using non-blocking - I/O as much as possible, fixed lots of little bugs (including bugs that - affected daemon mode stability). See the bzr logs for more information. -- Added units tests, will have to add some more before the real release. + I/O as much as possible, replaced the Gaim (0.59, IOW heavily outdated) + API, fixed lots of little bugs (including bugs that affected daemon mode + stability). See the bzr logs for more information. +- One of the user-visible changes from the API change: You can finally see + all away states/messages properly. +- Added units tests. Test coverage is very minimal for now. +- Better charset handling: Everything is just converted from/to UTF-8 right + in the IRC core, and charset mismatches are detected (if possible) and the + user is asked to resolve this before continuing. Also, UTF-8 is the default + setting now, since that's how the world seems to work these days. +- One can now keep hashed passwords in bitlbee.conf instead of the cleartext + version. - Most important change: New file format for user data (accounts, nicks and settings). Migration to the new format should happen transparently, BitlBee will read the old files and once you quit/save it will save in the @@ -68,8 +107,13 @@ Version 1.2: buddy is in your contact list.) * An XML console (add xmlconsole to your contact list or see "help set xmlconsole" if you want it permanently). +- The Yahoo! module now says it supports YMSG protocol version 12, which will + hopefully keep the Yahoo module working after 2008-04-02 (when Yahoo! is + dropping support for version 6.x of their client). +- MSN switchboard handling changes. Hopefully less messages will get lost now, + although things are still not perfect. -Finished ??? +Finished 17 Mar 2008 Version 1.0.4: - Removed sethostent(), which causes problems for many people, especially on |