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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 +17,16 @@ 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+ I/O as much as possible, replaced the Gaim (0.59, IOW heavily outdated)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.
- 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
@@ -68,6 +72,11 @@ 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 ???