source: skype/NEWS @ 6344674

Last change on this file since 6344674 was 8cd185c, checked in by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@…>, at 2008-05-24T01:02:27Z

updates for 0.5.0

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1VERSION         DESCRIPTION
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30.5.0         - skyped now uses gnutls if possible, which seem to be
4                more stable, compared to openssl.
5              - skyped now tries to handle all read/write errors from/to
6                clients, and always just warn about failures, never exit.
7              - installation for Debian users should be more simple
8              - improved documentation
9              - this .0 release should be quite stable, only about 100
10                lines of new code
110.4.2         - skyped should be now more responsive
12              - new skypeout_offline setting for hiding/showing SkypeOut
13                contacts
14              - support for SkypeOut calls
15              - support for querying the balance from Skype
16              - all setting should be documented now
170.4.1         - support for building the plugin on Mac OSX
18              - tested with BitlBee 1.2 and Skype 2.0.0.63
19              - avoid ${prefix} (by autoconf) in the config file as we
20                don't handle such a variable
21              - now you can call echo123 (patch by Riskó Gergely)
220.4.0         - support for starting, accepting and rejecting calls
23              - also updated documentation (the key is the account set
24                skype/call command)
25              - as usual with the .0 releases, be careful, ~200 lines of
26                new code
270.3.2         - support for Skype 2.0.0.43
28              - skyped now automatically starts/shuts down skype
29              - improved 'make prepare' to handle more automake versions
30              - documentation improvements
310.3.1         - beautify output when skyped is interrupted using ^C
32              - 'nick skype foo' now really sets display name, not the mood
33                text
34              - documentation fixups
35              - this version should be again as stable as 0.2.6 was
360.3.0         - authentication support in skyped via ssl
37              - ~200 lines of new code, so be careful :)
38              - upgraders: please read the documentation about how to set up
39                your config the ssl certificate, this was no necessary till now
400.2.6         - the server setting has a default value, 'localhost' so in most
41                cases you no longer have to set it explicitly
42              - support for receiving emoted messages, ie. when the user types
43                '/me foo'
44              - support for setting the display name (nick 0 "foo bar") - it
45                sets the mood text
460.2.5         - now bitlbee's info command is supported (it displays full name,
47                birthday, homepage, age, etc.)
480.2.4         - improve documentation based on feedback from people on #bitlbee
49              - fixed for Skype4Py >= 0.9.28.4
50              - tested with latest Skype beta, too (the one which supports
51                video)
520.2.3         - fixed that annoying "creating groupchat failed" warning
530.2.2         - don't change the topic if skype does not report a successful
54                topic change
55              - fixed for the recent bitlbee API changes
560.2.1         - topic support in group chats
57              - bugfixes for multiline messages
58              - this version should be again as stable as 0.1.4 was
590.2.0         - group chat support
60              - ~300 lines of new code, so be careful :)
61              - the version number mentions that this is not a minor change
620.1.4         - documentation: mention the version of all deps (requirements
63                section)
64              - fix sending / sending accents
65              - don't use internal functions of skype4py
66              - skyped no longer dies when skype is killed
670.1.3         - support for edited messages
68              - ignore empty messages (skype does the same)
69              - support for multiline messages
70              - switch to the x11 api instead of dbus (it's much more stable)
710.1.2         - notification when a new call arrives in
72              - more documentation (vnc)
73              - first release which works with unpatched bitlbee
740.1.1         - skyped now runs as daemon in the background by default
75              - skyped now automatically reconnects on Skype restarts
760.1.0         - initial release
77              - see README for major features
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