source: skype/NEWS @ be22e7b

Last change on this file since be22e7b was 32ba371, checked in by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@…>, at 2010-08-03T12:31:31Z

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[924d0f2]1VERSION         DESCRIPTION
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[32ba371]30.8.3         - support for BitlBee 1.3dev
4              - fixed --debug switch (-d was fine)
5              - documentation fixes
[7666c87]60.8.2         - building documentation is now optional
7              - new settings: test_join and show_moods
8              - '~' in skyped.conf is now expanded to the user's home directory
9              - groupchat channel names are now persistent (requires
10                BitlBee-1.2.6)
[a73d6b2]110.8.1         - support for BitlBee 1.2.5
12              - support for Skype 2.1.0.81 and Skype4Py 1.0.32.0
13              - the plugin part now supports FreeBSD
14              - fix for edited messages, the prefix can now be configured
[843fbc9]150.8.0         - fix build on x86_64 (-fPIC usage)
16              - debug messages now have a timestamp
17              - more work on having the default config under ~/.skyped
18              - added a manual page for skyped
[c9348c4]190.7.2         - add --log option to skyped to allow logging while it the
20                daemon is in the background.
21              - prefer config files from ~/.skyped over /etc/skyped
22              - handle the case when LANG and LC_ALL env vars are empty
[129a6c5]230.7.1         - mostly internal changes, the monster read callback is
24                now replaced by tiny parser functions
[5258dcc9]250.7.0         - made 'make config' more portable
[a2ed574]26              - add 'skypeconsole' buddy for debugging purposes
27              - support autojoin for bookmarked groupchats
[5258dcc9]28              - skyped: make hardwired '/dev/null' portable and fix
29                Python-2.6 warnings
[68c162b]300.6.3         - various osx-specific improvements (see the new screenshot!)
31              - added python-gnutls install instructions
32              - bitlbee.pc is now searched under
33                /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig by default to help LFS monkeys ;)
[0ec644d]340.6.2         - bugfix: make install required the plugin even in case
35                its build was disabled
[038fa18]360.6.1         - added keepalive traffic to avoid disconnects in bitlbee
37                when there is no traffic for a long time
38              - now the plugin or skyped is automatically disabled if
39                the dependencies are not available; useful in case the
40                plugin is to be installed on a public server, or the
41                skyped is to be used with a public server only
[9765aa6]420.6.0         - works with BitlBee 1.2.1
[89c68c7]430.5.1         - configure now automatically detects the right prefix to
44                match witl BitlBee's one
45              - minor documentation improvements (public chats, bug
46                reporting address)
[8cd185c]470.5.0         - skyped now uses gnutls if possible, which seem to be
48                more stable, compared to openssl.
49              - skyped now tries to handle all read/write errors from/to
50                clients, and always just warn about failures, never exit.
51              - installation for Debian users should be more simple
52              - improved documentation
53              - this .0 release should be quite stable, only about 100
54                lines of new code
[d184f30]550.4.2         - skyped should be now more responsive
[8b0e388]56              - new skypeout_offline setting for hiding/showing SkypeOut
57                contacts
[4834307]58              - support for SkypeOut calls
59              - support for querying the balance from Skype
[8b0e388]60              - all setting should be documented now
[c1f3d49]610.4.1         - support for building the plugin on Mac OSX
62              - tested with BitlBee 1.2 and Skype 2.0.0.63
63              - avoid ${prefix} (by autoconf) in the config file as we
64                don't handle such a variable
65              - now you can call echo123 (patch by Riskó Gergely)
[f578275]660.4.0         - support for starting, accepting and rejecting calls
67              - also updated documentation (the key is the account set
68                skype/call command)
69              - as usual with the .0 releases, be careful, ~200 lines of
70                new code
[c47e566]710.3.2         - support for Skype 2.0.0.43
72              - skyped now automatically starts/shuts down skype
73              - improved 'make prepare' to handle more automake versions
74              - documentation improvements
[ed88e8e]750.3.1         - beautify output when skyped is interrupted using ^C
76              - 'nick skype foo' now really sets display name, not the mood
77                text
78              - documentation fixups
79              - this version should be again as stable as 0.2.6 was
[b2fa16b]800.3.0         - authentication support in skyped via ssl
81              - ~200 lines of new code, so be careful :)
82              - upgraders: please read the documentation about how to set up
83                your config the ssl certificate, this was no necessary till now
[d1eb24c]840.2.6         - the server setting has a default value, 'localhost' so in most
85                cases you no longer have to set it explicitly
86              - support for receiving emoted messages, ie. when the user types
87                '/me foo'
88              - support for setting the display name (nick 0 "foo bar") - it
89                sets the mood text
[c01edb7]900.2.5         - now bitlbee's info command is supported (it displays full name,
91                birthday, homepage, age, etc.)
[bfbb1aa]920.2.4         - improve documentation based on feedback from people on #bitlbee
93              - fixed for Skype4Py >= 0.9.28.4
94              - tested with latest Skype beta, too (the one which supports
95                video)
[fc26bcb]960.2.3         - fixed that annoying "creating groupchat failed" warning
[b06e647]970.2.2         - don't change the topic if skype does not report a successful
98                topic change
99              - fixed for the recent bitlbee API changes
[c4112c4]1000.2.1         - topic support in group chats
101              - bugfixes for multiline messages
102              - this version should be again as stable as 0.1.4 was
[5b677eb]1030.2.0         - group chat support
104              - ~300 lines of new code, so be careful :)
105              - the version number mentions that this is not a minor change
[8de38e9]1060.1.4         - documentation: mention the version of all deps (requirements
107                section)
108              - fix sending / sending accents
109              - don't use internal functions of skype4py
110              - skyped no longer dies when skype is killed
[40d2dc4]1110.1.3         - support for edited messages
112              - ignore empty messages (skype does the same)
113              - support for multiline messages
114              - switch to the x11 api instead of dbus (it's much more stable)
[478c051]1150.1.2         - notification when a new call arrives in
116              - more documentation (vnc)
117              - first release which works with unpatched bitlbee
[025da7a]1180.1.1         - skyped now runs as daemon in the background by default
[924d0f2]119              - skyped now automatically reconnects on Skype restarts
1200.1.0         - initial release
121              - see README for major features
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