source: skype/NEWS @ 7ce0373

Last change on this file since 7ce0373 was c9348c4, checked in by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@…>, at 2009-04-29T17:27:48Z

updates for 0.7.2

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[924d0f2]1VERSION         DESCRIPTION
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[c9348c4]30.7.2         - add --log option to skyped to allow logging while it the
4                daemon is in the background.
5              - prefer config files from ~/.skyped over /etc/skyped
6              - handle the case when LANG and LC_ALL env vars are empty
[129a6c5]70.7.1         - mostly internal changes, the monster read callback is
8                now replaced by tiny parser functions
[5258dcc9]90.7.0         - made 'make config' more portable
[a2ed574]10              - add 'skypeconsole' buddy for debugging purposes
11              - support autojoin for bookmarked groupchats
[5258dcc9]12              - skyped: make hardwired '/dev/null' portable and fix
13                Python-2.6 warnings
[68c162b]140.6.3         - various osx-specific improvements (see the new screenshot!)
15              - added python-gnutls install instructions
16              - bitlbee.pc is now searched under
17                /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig by default to help LFS monkeys ;)
[0ec644d]180.6.2         - bugfix: make install required the plugin even in case
19                its build was disabled
[038fa18]200.6.1         - added keepalive traffic to avoid disconnects in bitlbee
21                when there is no traffic for a long time
22              - now the plugin or skyped is automatically disabled if
23                the dependencies are not available; useful in case the
24                plugin is to be installed on a public server, or the
25                skyped is to be used with a public server only
[9765aa6]260.6.0         - works with BitlBee 1.2.1
[89c68c7]270.5.1         - configure now automatically detects the right prefix to
28                match witl BitlBee's one
29              - minor documentation improvements (public chats, bug
30                reporting address)
[8cd185c]310.5.0         - skyped now uses gnutls if possible, which seem to be
32                more stable, compared to openssl.
33              - skyped now tries to handle all read/write errors from/to
34                clients, and always just warn about failures, never exit.
35              - installation for Debian users should be more simple
36              - improved documentation
37              - this .0 release should be quite stable, only about 100
38                lines of new code
[d184f30]390.4.2         - skyped should be now more responsive
[8b0e388]40              - new skypeout_offline setting for hiding/showing SkypeOut
41                contacts
[4834307]42              - support for SkypeOut calls
43              - support for querying the balance from Skype
[8b0e388]44              - all setting should be documented now
[c1f3d49]450.4.1         - support for building the plugin on Mac OSX
46              - tested with BitlBee 1.2 and Skype 2.0.0.63
47              - avoid ${prefix} (by autoconf) in the config file as we
48                don't handle such a variable
49              - now you can call echo123 (patch by Riskó Gergely)
[f578275]500.4.0         - support for starting, accepting and rejecting calls
51              - also updated documentation (the key is the account set
52                skype/call command)
53              - as usual with the .0 releases, be careful, ~200 lines of
54                new code
[c47e566]550.3.2         - support for Skype 2.0.0.43
56              - skyped now automatically starts/shuts down skype
57              - improved 'make prepare' to handle more automake versions
58              - documentation improvements
[ed88e8e]590.3.1         - beautify output when skyped is interrupted using ^C
60              - 'nick skype foo' now really sets display name, not the mood
61                text
62              - documentation fixups
63              - this version should be again as stable as 0.2.6 was
[b2fa16b]640.3.0         - authentication support in skyped via ssl
65              - ~200 lines of new code, so be careful :)
66              - upgraders: please read the documentation about how to set up
67                your config the ssl certificate, this was no necessary till now
[d1eb24c]680.2.6         - the server setting has a default value, 'localhost' so in most
69                cases you no longer have to set it explicitly
70              - support for receiving emoted messages, ie. when the user types
71                '/me foo'
72              - support for setting the display name (nick 0 "foo bar") - it
73                sets the mood text
[c01edb7]740.2.5         - now bitlbee's info command is supported (it displays full name,
75                birthday, homepage, age, etc.)
[bfbb1aa]760.2.4         - improve documentation based on feedback from people on #bitlbee
77              - fixed for Skype4Py >= 0.9.28.4
78              - tested with latest Skype beta, too (the one which supports
79                video)
[fc26bcb]800.2.3         - fixed that annoying "creating groupchat failed" warning
[b06e647]810.2.2         - don't change the topic if skype does not report a successful
82                topic change
83              - fixed for the recent bitlbee API changes
[c4112c4]840.2.1         - topic support in group chats
85              - bugfixes for multiline messages
86              - this version should be again as stable as 0.1.4 was
[5b677eb]870.2.0         - group chat support
88              - ~300 lines of new code, so be careful :)
89              - the version number mentions that this is not a minor change
[8de38e9]900.1.4         - documentation: mention the version of all deps (requirements
91                section)
92              - fix sending / sending accents
93              - don't use internal functions of skype4py
94              - skyped no longer dies when skype is killed
[40d2dc4]950.1.3         - support for edited messages
96              - ignore empty messages (skype does the same)
97              - support for multiline messages
98              - switch to the x11 api instead of dbus (it's much more stable)
[478c051]990.1.2         - notification when a new call arrives in
100              - more documentation (vnc)
101              - first release which works with unpatched bitlbee
[025da7a]1020.1.1         - skyped now runs as daemon in the background by default
[924d0f2]103              - skyped now automatically reconnects on Skype restarts
1040.1.0         - initial release
105              - see README for major features
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