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2013-01-06
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Change log

  • Version 3.2 (released 2013-01-06) hilights:
    • Updated Twitter module. Support for Twitter API 1.1, streaming API, direct messages and some other improvements.
    • Fixed potential connection issue to Google Talk, OpenFire, possibly other Jabber services.
    • A bunch of other things.
  • Version 3.0.6 (released 2012-10-14) hilights:
    • Updated MSN module, now speaking the MSNP18 protocol. This adds support for MPOP and also fixes sending off-line messages.
    • Loads of bugfixes, etc. accumulated over the last half a year.
  • Version 3.0.5 (released 2012-02-18) hilights:
    • OAuth2 support for Google Talk, Facebook chat and MSN Messenger (via XMPP).
    • SSL certificate verification (edit your bitlbee.conf to enable it). Works only with GnuTLS!
    • Loads of bugfixes, etc.
  • Version 3.0.4 (released 2011-12-04) hilights:
    • Fixed MSN Messenger login issues.
    • Twitter improvements: Fetch mentions, show originals of t.co "shortened" links.
    • Merged the Skype plugin.
  • Version 3.0.3 (released 2011-06-12) hilights:
    • Twitter fixes (Twitter deprecated the API call BitlBee used to fetch the contact list).
    • Twitter enhancement: Ability to RT/reply to older tweets from someone (help set show_ids).
    • Lots of other small stuff.
  • Version 3.0.2 (released 2011-03-07) hilights:
    • MSN login fixes (@msn.com compatibility).
    • CTCP support, /CTCP VERSION on Jabber contacts and /CTCP NUDGE on MSN contacts (overuse this feature and I'll remove it again :-P).
    • The usual bugfixes/improvements.
  • Version 3.0.1 (released 2010-11-24) hilights:
    • MSN login fixes, Jabber (3.0 had a bug that made Jabber contacts never go offline), some other minor IM module fixes (including the new default ICQ login server).
    • Fixed build issues on some non-Linux systems.
    • Minor bugfixes/improvements.
  • Version 3.0 (released 2010-10-22) hilights:
    • Lots of stuff, see the development version below.
    • MSN protocol module was rewritten. This fixes some problems many people were having with the old code lately, and adds support for things like status messages and offline messages.
    • The bitlbee-otr branch is now merged into mainline, which means you can compile BitlBee with OTR encryption support, if you want, without any need for patches/alternative branches.
    • Many more fixes, small changes, etc. Just read the full non-bzr changelog for all details.
  • Development version 1.3dev (released 2010-08-06) hilights:
    • Too much to mention here, see the Wiki and doc/CHANGES for more details.
    • IRC core completely rewritten. This adds support for multiple configurable control channels (for example one channel per group, one per IM account/protocol, a channel with just your offline contacts), easier groupchat support, more flexibility in how nicknames are generated, and finally you can easily change your nickname whenever you want.
    • The ability to use libpurple instead of the built-in code. This adds support for more IM protocols and more features. Possibly less stable and lightweight, so by default the built-in code will still be used.
    • Support for file transfers.
  • Version 1.2.8 (released 2010-07-04) hilights:
    • Resolved ICQ login issues a few people were having.
    • Many changes to the Twitter module: Ability to follow/unfollow, use non-Twitter Twitter API services, better error reporting, and some bugfixes.
    • You can configure BitlBee to identify itself as a different client to get around artificial client restrictions.
    • Some more minor bug fixes/etc.
  • Version 1.2.7 (released 2010-05-15) hilights:
    • Resolved MSN Messenger login issues.
    • Twitter module now uses OAuth, so it'll still work after June.
    • Various other fixes and small feature additions.
  • Version 1.2.6a (released 2010-04-19) hilights:
    • (1.2.6a because the original 1.2.6 release had one unfortunate bug in the Twitter module.)
    • Twitter support! (Implemented by Geert Mulders.)
    • Fixed issues with MSN friendly names getting lost by allowing to store them locally (see the local_display_name MSN setting.), and worked around problems when talking to offline MSN contacts (see the switchboard_keepalives MSN setting).
    • The usual bug fixes and small feature enhancements.
  • Version 1.2.5 (released 2010-03-17) hilights:
    • Full support for non-away status messages.
    • Ability to generate nicknames from the contact's full name, making Facebook's XMPP server work much better with BitlBee.
    • Lots of misc. bug fixes and small feature enhancements.
  • Version 1.2.4 (released 2009-10-17) hilights:
    • Fixed Yahoo! support.
    • Replaced the join_chat command with something saner.
    • The usual stability improvements and probably some small new features.
  • Version 1.2.3 (released 2008-09-07) hilights:
    • Fixed a security issue similar to the previous account overwrite/hijack bug.
  • Version 1.2.2 (released 2008-08-26) hilights:
    • Fixed a security issue where it was possible to recreate/hijack already existing accounts.
    • Various stability improvements and minor feature enhancements.
  • Version 1.2.1 (released 2008-06-24) hilights:
    • Mostly a lot of fixes for bugs found after the 1.2 release.
    • Daemon mode is now officially declared stable.
  • Version 1.2 (released 2008-03-17) hilights:
    • See 1.1.1dev and 1.1dev (Jabber module rewrite, Jabber groupchats, better (and more secure) file format for user data, ForkDaemon mode).
    • Yahoo! support in this release will hopefully still work next month.
  • Development version 1.1.1dev (released 2007-11-24) hilights:
    • Mostly internal changes (resolved some GPL issues, changed some parts of the IM API).
    • Support for Jabber chatrooms and an XML console.
    • Support for named AIM chatrooms.
  • Version 1.0.4 (released 2007-08-20) hilights:
    • Removed call to sethostent() from proxy.c, this caused a lot of problems especially for people on *BSD.
    • Just some small bugfixes.
  • Development version 1.1dev (released 2007-02-19) hilights:
    • Many new features, enhancements, bugfixes, for example:
    • Rewritten Jabber module.
    • Improved file format for storing user configuration.
    • ForkDaemon mode: Daemon mode without the stability problems.
    • Please do read doc/CHANGES for more details.
  • Version 1.0.3 (released 2006-06-24) hilights:
    • Less ICQ spam because the web-aware flag is disabled.
    • It's easier to talk to people who are not in your buddy list.
    • ISON command works better with irssi (and probably other clients).
    • The usual bug fixes.
  • Version 1.0.2 (released 2006-04-01) hilights:
    • Fixed some issues in charset handling.
    • Better handling of Jabber away states.
    • Some daemon mode stability/usability fixes.
    • Lots of miscellaneous fixes, cleanups, etc.
  • Version 1.0.1 (released 2006-01-14) hilights:
    • This version contains some of the changes from the current bzr tree, mainly bug fixes:
    • AIM groupchat support.
    • Fixes problems with MSN messages failing to arrive.
    • Fixes problems with not seeing Jabber buddies online.
    • Now handles MSN passwords with commas correctly.
    • Code cleanup.
  • Version 1.0 (released 2005-12-04) hilights:
    • Another release with a speech!
    • After more than three years, finally version 1.0 with, besides a couple of minor enhancements and bug fixes:
    • Renamed the control channel to &bitlbee, mainly to avoid confusion with #bitlbee on OFTC.
    • Jabber cleanup, plus handling for packets from RSS-to-Jabber feeds.
    • Support for AIM typing notifications.
    • Typing notifications now come in as a CTCP too. Don't forget to update your scripts!
    • Fixes a possible DoS bug.
  • Version 0.99 (released 2005-11-03) hilights:
    • Fixes the OSCAR stability bug from 0.93.
    • Fixed MSN typing notifications.
    • Hopefully fixed the one annoying bug that stopped us from releasing 1.0.
    • Documentation improvements.
  • Version 0.93a (released 2005-10-31) hilights:
    • Nothing, just forgot to set the version number string in bitlbee.h correctly. :-)
  • Version 0.93 (released 2005-10-31) hilights:
    • More cleaning up before 1.0. Releasing this one now because it's a waste to keep all the changes unreleased for so long.
    • AIM/OSCAR improvements (set strip html is no longer necessary, info command works for AIM, better handling of away messages/states).
    • Fixed the helpfile (examples were missing in the last release).
    • The Jabber module allows you to specify an alternate server now, which is necessary to connect to Google Talk, for example.
  • Version 0.92 (released 2005-02-23) hilights:
    • A number of security- and stability-related bugfixes, including some (not very severe) bugs found after a security audit done by infamous41md.
    • In fact, not much else. Just getting closer to a great 1.0 release.
  • Version 0.91 (released 2004-09-25) hilights:
    • Support for ICQ server-side buddy lists!
    • Better Unicode/non-ASCII support for ICQ.
    • Support for AIM/ICQ and iChat interoperability.
    • A working info-command for almost all protocols.
    • Lots of bugfixes.
  • Version 0.90a (released 2004-06-28) hilights:
    • Fixed Yahoo! authentication code. (Thanks to Gaim/Cerulean Studios)
  • Version 0.90 (released 2004-05-28) hilights:
    • Another release with a speech!
    • A complete rewrite of the MSN module, which mainly means more stability, but also some good new features and other enhancements.
    • Lots of cleanups and fixes in the other IM-modules.
    • Full support for operating behind proxy servers.
    • Lots of usability and stability improvements, bug fixes and new features.
  • Version 0.85a (released 2004-03-24) hilights:
    • Bugfixes. Just bugfixes.
    • Fixed: Login problems with MSN for some people, minor portability issues, strange ICQ warning messages on empty buddy lists and some other things.
  • Version 0.85 (released 2004-03-13) hilights:
    • Applied the daemon patch: Daemon mode and flood protection are available by default now.
    • Yahoo! conference (not the chat channels, just groupchats) support.
    • Buffering of outgoing messages to merge pastes into one multi-line message.
    • Lots of bugfixes.
  • Version 0.84 (released 2004-02-13) hilights:
    • Fixed Yahoo! support.
    • MSN module works without libsoup now.
    • Code cleanup.
  • Version 0.83 (released 2003-12-31) hilights:
    • Mainly bugfixes.
    • Added some features especially useful for public servers. (Like server-client pinging)
  • Version 0.82 (released 2003-10-31) hilights:
    • Fixed a buffer overflow plus another problem in the nick handling code.
    • Fixed MSN support.
    • Added the qlist command.
  • Version 0.81a (released 2003-10-16) hilights:
    • This is what 0.81 should have been...
    • Fixed the Makefile: It doesn't just overwrite files in etcdir anymore.
    • MSN is now disabled by default because the module doesn't work anyway.
    • Fixed a small problem in the auto-reconnect cleanup code.
  • Version 0.81 (released 2003-10-15) hilights:
    • Added a configuration file.
    • Added some access restrictions for people who don't want their BitlBee server to be open to anyone.
    • Added basic support for charsets, which makes BitlBee more useful to people who don't speak ASCII.
    • Added support for automatic reconnection to an IM-server.
    • Added the nick command so MSN people can change their full name. (Indeed not so useful after today...)
    • Yahoo! now works again.
    • Let me be clear about this: This version does not fix MSN support yet. Maybe a later version will, but for now we don't know what we can do.
  • Version 0.80 (released 2003-06-24, exactly a year after the first line of code for BitlBee was written!) hilights:
    • The first release with its own speech!
    • Better code for away-state setting and reading.
    • Support for MSN groupchats!
    • A new login system, a lot neater than the previous one.
    • Away-state changes are displayed as voices/devoices now. It's very easy to see who's away in /names now.
    • A lot of bugfixes, new toys and stability fixes. Enough to name this one 0.80 instead of 0.75!
  • Version 0.74a (released 2003-06-11) hilights:
    • The music-festivals-are-bad-for-your-mind release.
    • This one actually contains the bugfix 0.74 claimed to have.
  • Version 0.74 (released 2003-06-10) hilights:
    • Nothing really, except for a security fix. Just wait for 0.80 or try a daily snapshot if you want to see brand new stuff..
  • Version 0.73 (released 2003-04-13) hilights:
    • Added support for Yahoo!.
    • AIM users can also use /away now.
    • A number of stability fixes, especially most/all crashes when reconnecting should now be gone.
    • Improved some latencies.
  • Version 0.72 (released 2002-12-19) hilights:
    • Improved MSN friendlyname code.
    • Improved AOL support. Problems with case/space sensitivity should all be gone now.
    • Added buddylist and userinfo commands.
  • Version 0.71 (released 2002-09-16) hilights:
    • The usual second-release release..
    • Added license file (which was missing in 0.70 unfortunately)
    • Lots of NickServ changes and improvements
    • A way better help system
    • A lot of other changes, just read doc/CHANGES for more information