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Last change on this file since 2487112 was 43b1cd7, checked in by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@…>, at 2011-04-12T00:10:57Z

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1VERSION         DESCRIPTION
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30.9.0         - merge support for building the plugin on OpenBSD
4              - merge support for running skyped without gobject and
5                pygnutls/pyopenssl - as a side effect this adds Windows support
6              - add /ctcp call|hangup support (you need BitlBee from bzr to use
7                this)
8              - add group support (see http://wiki.bitlbee.org/UiFix)
90.8.4         - now using python2.7 directly in case python would point to python3k
10              - merge patch to avoid a crash when failing to connect to skyped
11              - merge support for building the plugin on NetBSD
12              - merge Debian patches
130.8.3         - support for BitlBee 1.3dev
14              - fixed --debug switch (-d was fine)
15              - documentation fixes
160.8.2         - building documentation is now optional
17              - new settings: test_join and show_moods
18              - '~' in skyped.conf is now expanded to the user's home directory
19              - groupchat channel names are now persistent (requires
20                BitlBee-1.2.6)
210.8.1         - support for BitlBee 1.2.5
22              - support for Skype 2.1.0.81 and Skype4Py 1.0.32.0
23              - the plugin part now supports FreeBSD
24              - fix for edited messages, the prefix can now be configured
250.8.0         - fix build on x86_64 (-fPIC usage)
26              - debug messages now have a timestamp
27              - more work on having the default config under ~/.skyped
28              - added a manual page for skyped
290.7.2         - add --log option to skyped to allow logging while it the
30                daemon is in the background.
31              - prefer config files from ~/.skyped over /etc/skyped
32              - handle the case when LANG and LC_ALL env vars are empty
330.7.1         - mostly internal changes, the monster read callback is
34                now replaced by tiny parser functions
350.7.0         - made 'make config' more portable
36              - add 'skypeconsole' buddy for debugging purposes
37              - support autojoin for bookmarked groupchats
38              - skyped: make hardwired '/dev/null' portable and fix
39                Python-2.6 warnings
400.6.3         - various osx-specific improvements (see the new screenshot!)
41              - added python-gnutls install instructions
42              - bitlbee.pc is now searched under
43                /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig by default to help LFS monkeys ;)
440.6.2         - bugfix: make install required the plugin even in case
45                its build was disabled
460.6.1         - added keepalive traffic to avoid disconnects in bitlbee
47                when there is no traffic for a long time
48              - now the plugin or skyped is automatically disabled if
49                the dependencies are not available; useful in case the
50                plugin is to be installed on a public server, or the
51                skyped is to be used with a public server only
520.6.0         - works with BitlBee 1.2.1
530.5.1         - configure now automatically detects the right prefix to
54                match witl BitlBee's one
55              - minor documentation improvements (public chats, bug
56                reporting address)
570.5.0         - skyped now uses gnutls if possible, which seem to be
58                more stable, compared to openssl.
59              - skyped now tries to handle all read/write errors from/to
60                clients, and always just warn about failures, never exit.
61              - installation for Debian users should be more simple
62              - improved documentation
63              - this .0 release should be quite stable, only about 100
64                lines of new code
650.4.2         - skyped should be now more responsive
66              - new skypeout_offline setting for hiding/showing SkypeOut
67                contacts
68              - support for SkypeOut calls
69              - support for querying the balance from Skype
70              - all setting should be documented now
710.4.1         - support for building the plugin on Mac OSX
72              - tested with BitlBee 1.2 and Skype 2.0.0.63
73              - avoid ${prefix} (by autoconf) in the config file as we
74                don't handle such a variable
75              - now you can call echo123 (patch by Riskó Gergely)
760.4.0         - support for starting, accepting and rejecting calls
77              - also updated documentation (the key is the account set
78                skype/call command)
79              - as usual with the .0 releases, be careful, ~200 lines of
80                new code
810.3.2         - support for Skype 2.0.0.43
82              - skyped now automatically starts/shuts down skype
83              - improved 'make prepare' to handle more automake versions
84              - documentation improvements
850.3.1         - beautify output when skyped is interrupted using ^C
86              - 'nick skype foo' now really sets display name, not the mood
87                text
88              - documentation fixups
89              - this version should be again as stable as 0.2.6 was
900.3.0         - authentication support in skyped via ssl
91              - ~200 lines of new code, so be careful :)
92              - upgraders: please read the documentation about how to set up
93                your config the ssl certificate, this was no necessary till now
940.2.6         - the server setting has a default value, 'localhost' so in most
95                cases you no longer have to set it explicitly
96              - support for receiving emoted messages, ie. when the user types
97                '/me foo'
98              - support for setting the display name (nick 0 "foo bar") - it
99                sets the mood text
1000.2.5         - now bitlbee's info command is supported (it displays full name,
101                birthday, homepage, age, etc.)
1020.2.4         - improve documentation based on feedback from people on #bitlbee
103              - fixed for Skype4Py >= 0.9.28.4
104              - tested with latest Skype beta, too (the one which supports
105                video)
1060.2.3         - fixed that annoying "creating groupchat failed" warning
1070.2.2         - don't change the topic if skype does not report a successful
108                topic change
109              - fixed for the recent bitlbee API changes
1100.2.1         - topic support in group chats
111              - bugfixes for multiline messages
112              - this version should be again as stable as 0.1.4 was
1130.2.0         - group chat support
114              - ~300 lines of new code, so be careful :)
115              - the version number mentions that this is not a minor change
1160.1.4         - documentation: mention the version of all deps (requirements
117                section)
118              - fix sending / sending accents
119              - don't use internal functions of skype4py
120              - skyped no longer dies when skype is killed
1210.1.3         - support for edited messages
122              - ignore empty messages (skype does the same)
123              - support for multiline messages
124              - switch to the x11 api instead of dbus (it's much more stable)
1250.1.2         - notification when a new call arrives in
126              - more documentation (vnc)
127              - first release which works with unpatched bitlbee
1280.1.1         - skyped now runs as daemon in the background by default
129              - skyped now automatically reconnects on Skype restarts
1300.1.0         - initial release
131              - see README for major features
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