What's new in BitlBee 3.4.1
Aug 21, 2015
- msn:
- Upgraded protocol to MSNP21, works again (dx)
- Contact list management, groupchats and skype username logins won't work. Next release!
- jabber:
- Add "hipchat" protocol, for smoother login. Takes the same username as the official client. Note that unlike the 'hip-cat' branch, this doesn't preload channels. https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoHipchat for details (dx)
- Fixed a bug when receiving topics set by people who left the channel (dx)
- Create fake users instead of showing "unknown participant" errors (dx)
- Gmail mail notifications support (Artem Savkov)
- Lowering xmpp presence priority on away (Artem Savkov)
- twitter:
- Show quoted tweets/RTs with comment inline (wilmer)
- Added "url" command, can be used to quote tweets (wilmer)
- Make replies to self work (wilmer)
- Building documentation is now done with a python script (both 2.x/3.x work)
- Asciidoc/xsltproc/xmlto are no longer build dependencies
- user-guide.{txt,html} are not included in the default build anymore. They were a 'flattened' version of the built-in help, and very few users were aware of their existence, so they are gone.
New in BitlBee 3.2.1 (Nov 30, 2013)
- http_client now uses HTTP/1.1, which is required by Twitter since last week.
- A bunch of other things.
New in BitlBee 3.2 (Jan 12, 2013)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 3.0.6 (Nov 6, 2012)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 3.0.5 (Feb 19, 2012)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 3.0.3 (Jun 13, 2011)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 3.0.2 (Mar 8, 2011)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 3.0.1 (Nov 25, 2010)
- Mostly bug fixes, not a lot of new stuff.
New in BitlBee 3.0 (Oct 22, 2010)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 1.3 (Aug 7, 2010)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 1.2.8 (Jul 4, 2010)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 1.2.5 (Mar 17, 2010)
- 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.
New in BitlBee 1.2.3 (Sep 8, 2008)
- This release fixes another account hijacking issue.
New in BitlBee 1.2.2 (Aug 27, 2008)
- This release fixes an account hijacking issue.
- It has various other stability improvements.