From 04f0c10b5a45d0bb1a1f8888e0eb2f6db8fc1b84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer van der Gaast Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:50:20 -0700 Subject: At least for now, only enable OTR if the user specifically asks for it. Distros can now ship a bitlbee-plugin-otr package (that should work with both bitlbee and bitlbee-libpurple). --- doc/README | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/README') diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 2f80ea70..5a3bb66e 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES BitlBee's only real dependency is GLib. This is available on virtually every platform. Any recent version of GLib (2.4 or higher) will work. -Off-the-Record encryption support will be included by default if the -configure script finds libotr in one of the usual places. You can pass ---otr=1 or --otr=0 to force it on or off, respectively. +Off-the-Record encryption support can be included if libotr is available on +your machine. Pass --otr=1 to configure to build it into BitlBee, or +--otr=plugin to build it as a separate loadable plugin (mostly meant for +distro packages). These days, many IM protocols use SSL/TLS connections (for authentication or for the whole session). BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this: -- cgit v1.2.3