source: skype/NEWS @ b019c23

Last change on this file since b019c23 was 89c68c7, checked in by Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@…>, at 2008-06-18T17:37:28Z

updates for 0.5.1

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