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Last change on this file since 69939608 was 9765aa6, checked in by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@…>, at 2008-06-28T00:10:42Z

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1VERSION         DESCRIPTION
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30.6.0         - works with BitlBee 1.2.1
40.5.1         - configure now automatically detects the right prefix to
5                match witl BitlBee's one
6              - minor documentation improvements (public chats, bug
7                reporting address)
80.5.0         - skyped now uses gnutls if possible, which seem to be
9                more stable, compared to openssl.
10              - skyped now tries to handle all read/write errors from/to
11                clients, and always just warn about failures, never exit.
12              - installation for Debian users should be more simple
13              - improved documentation
14              - this .0 release should be quite stable, only about 100
15                lines of new code
160.4.2         - skyped should be now more responsive
17              - new skypeout_offline setting for hiding/showing SkypeOut
18                contacts
19              - support for SkypeOut calls
20              - support for querying the balance from Skype
21              - all setting should be documented now
220.4.1         - support for building the plugin on Mac OSX
23              - tested with BitlBee 1.2 and Skype 2.0.0.63
24              - avoid ${prefix} (by autoconf) in the config file as we
25                don't handle such a variable
26              - now you can call echo123 (patch by Riskó Gergely)
270.4.0         - support for starting, accepting and rejecting calls
28              - also updated documentation (the key is the account set
29                skype/call command)
30              - as usual with the .0 releases, be careful, ~200 lines of
31                new code
320.3.2         - support for Skype 2.0.0.43
33              - skyped now automatically starts/shuts down skype
34              - improved 'make prepare' to handle more automake versions
35              - documentation improvements
360.3.1         - beautify output when skyped is interrupted using ^C
37              - 'nick skype foo' now really sets display name, not the mood
38                text
39              - documentation fixups
40              - this version should be again as stable as 0.2.6 was
410.3.0         - authentication support in skyped via ssl
42              - ~200 lines of new code, so be careful :)
43              - upgraders: please read the documentation about how to set up
44                your config the ssl certificate, this was no necessary till now
450.2.6         - the server setting has a default value, 'localhost' so in most
46                cases you no longer have to set it explicitly
47              - support for receiving emoted messages, ie. when the user types
48                '/me foo'
49              - support for setting the display name (nick 0 "foo bar") - it
50                sets the mood text
510.2.5         - now bitlbee's info command is supported (it displays full name,
52                birthday, homepage, age, etc.)
530.2.4         - improve documentation based on feedback from people on #bitlbee
54              - fixed for Skype4Py >= 0.9.28.4
55              - tested with latest Skype beta, too (the one which supports
56                video)
570.2.3         - fixed that annoying "creating groupchat failed" warning
580.2.2         - don't change the topic if skype does not report a successful
59                topic change
60              - fixed for the recent bitlbee API changes
610.2.1         - topic support in group chats
62              - bugfixes for multiline messages
63              - this version should be again as stable as 0.1.4 was
640.2.0         - group chat support
65              - ~300 lines of new code, so be careful :)
66              - the version number mentions that this is not a minor change
670.1.4         - documentation: mention the version of all deps (requirements
68                section)
69              - fix sending / sending accents
70              - don't use internal functions of skype4py
71              - skyped no longer dies when skype is killed
720.1.3         - support for edited messages
73              - ignore empty messages (skype does the same)
74              - support for multiline messages
75              - switch to the x11 api instead of dbus (it's much more stable)
760.1.2         - notification when a new call arrives in
77              - more documentation (vnc)
78              - first release which works with unpatched bitlbee
790.1.1         - skyped now runs as daemon in the background by default
80              - skyped now automatically reconnects on Skype restarts
810.1.0         - initial release
82              - see README for major features
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