PyICQ-t 0.5 released!
posted by jadestorm at 12:19 PM CST on Dec 25, 2004
New version fixes bugs and adds functionality

This new version no longer requires a patched version of twisted! Everything that was patched is now part of the distribution directly, so all you need is a real Twisted install and the dist.

This version also includes enhanced vcard support provided by Jonas Adahl, fixes to work with ejabberd provided by Magnus Henoch. Various other bugs are fixed as well. Note that you may need to re-register with the transport under ejabberd.

PyMSN-t 0.5a released
posted by jadestorm at 14:15 PM CST on Dec 25, 2004
Major bug in 0,5 has been fixed

There was a presence loop bug in 0.5 that has been fixed in 0.5a. My apologies.

Daniel Henninger:
This new release includes a wealth of updates and changes. Some of the
biggest changes are the new xml-based configuration file (you no longer
need to edit a python source file), command line arguments, a web admin
interface that can be enabled, typing notifications, and support for
ejabberd. Please see NEWS for a list of new features.

James Bunton:
New in this subrelease..
Changes to some config options
The XML config file is a little more robust. It shouldn't just throw an exception if you have an invalid option.
Better handling for multiple resources. If you message a contact from a resource, all messages in that chat will be sent to that resource until the contact closes the window, or you message them from another resource.
A few bugfixes.

delx:
I just put out 0.9.1 as a bugfix release.

The main things for everybody to see are:
* The new configuration system works now. Meaning you can turn on/off
mail notifications, debugging, etc as you would expect to be able to
(it was very buggy in 0.9).
* The transport will run under Windows again
* A few exception bugs have been fixed also

delx:
Receiving files from MSN users is... WORKING!! :D
I can receive files from an MSN user regardless of whether they're
behind a firewall or not.
All the server admin must do is open ports 8010 and 6891-6900 on their
server.

I'll be releasing 0.10 once I've got sending files to MSN users
working, as well as some access controls to prevent abuse and flooded
servers :)

infiniti:
This is the moment we've all been waiting for, folks! SAPO, the largest Internet service provider and web portal in Portugal, has hired me to work full time on Open Source Software. Expect this partnership to have a major impact on the Psi/Delta projects, and by extension the entire Jabber Community. Jabber has needed this for so long, and I'm very excited!

PyICQ-t 0.6 Release Notes

This release is the collective work of the last couple of months. Aside from a
slew of bug fixes and various code improvements, the following major updates
have occured:

* SSI buddy list handling that actually works right.

* Socks5 support.

* Web admin interface.

* Support for configurable encoding.

* Enhanced user status support thanks to Jonas Adahl.

* Brand new configuration file format. (XML based)

* Now handles command line args. (-h to see list)

PyAIM-t 0.5 Release Notes

This release includes a wealth of updates and bug fixes. The primary updates
are as follows:

* Socks5 support.

* SSI buddy list handling that works corrrectly.

* No more TOC support.

* Groupchat/chat room support.

* Rate limit handling.

But there are many other changes behind the scenes. For details see ChangeLog
in the dist. Note that this release is partially to get eveyone on the same
page and still has open bugs and such.

James Bunton:
* Lots and lots and lots and lots of stability fixes. No really, heaps.
* Support for Twisted 2.0 if you want to try that out.
* An option to only log things to debug.log if there's an error.
* You can send packets to the transport in <route/> wrappers from other
server components and they will work.
* You can add the tag <noerror xmlns="sapo:noerror"/> to a message if
you don't wish to have it bounced upon an error (useful for scripts)
* Lots and lots more bugfixes.
* A few new languages. If yours isn't here, please have a look at
lang.py and send me a translation :)

PyAIM-t 0.6 Release Notes

This is sort of a stopgap release to put out some important fixes, as requested
by folk on the py-transports list. Some highlights are:

• Support for @mac.com screen names.

• Support for chat room exchanges.

• Better unicode support.

• Support for extended status messages.

• Contact users upon disconnection.

• Support for displaying idle times.

• Improved rate limit handling.

Please be aware that, despite the support for chat room exchanges being added,
it's possible that normal groupchats may not work very well now. This release
did not include extensive testing of the new groupchat code. Exchanges are
specified using %. For example, #myroom%[email protected]/mynickname
opens a chatroom myroom on exchange 4.

James Bunton:
Hi everybody.

PyMSNt 0.10 has been released and declared stable. Its handling several
thousand concurrent users on SAPO (http://messenger.sapo.pt) servers
right now.

This release brings all sorts of niceties:
* Limited ad-hoc commands
* More stability
* Fixes to contact list handling (this may mean you have to redelete a
few contacts as a once-off)
* Clustering support (requires an extra component. Join py-transports
if you're interested)
* MSN7 personal message -> Jabber status, and MSN nick -> Jabber vCard
nick
* <nickname> tag in presence for willing clients.
* And of course, vCard and (limited) JEP-8 avatars!

Grab it from: http://msn-transport.jabberstudio.org

Have a look at the developer docs to see how to make sure your client
works well with the transport.
At the moment the user guide isn't fully up to date.

Release Notes

This release has some known bugs in it, but it has been a long time since the
last release and so I wanted to get something out for people to play with and
get everyone on the same page. Some of the features added since 0.6 are:

* Web interface improved.

* Lots of new OSCAR related functionality.

* Buddy icons!

* Startup script is now cross platform (python PyICQt.py instead of PyICQt)

* Support for Jabberd2's component protocol.

* New driver based spool (including MySQL support).

* Slew of encoding fixes.

Please see the NEWS file for more details on major changes. Some known issues
that still exist are:

* There are still encoding problems here and there, primarily in status
handling.

* Icon handling can be rather talkative.

* Web interface still isn't as useful as I want it to be.

Please look over the bug reports if you try out this release and comment if you
run into problems and are continuing to see those bugs. You can probably expect
a 0.7a release to handle at least the talkative icons soonish.