skype4pidgin Changelog

26 August 2010

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:13:12 +1300

Added an 'End Call' buddy menu option
Added a 're-request authorization' buddy menu option
Hopefully fixed groups in Adium this time
Fix to hide the 'Answer Call' window when answering a call
Fix the 'use saved status at startup' Pidgin preference

2 March 2010

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 22:22:22 +1300

Fixed groups again in Adium
Bookmarking chats in Adium works
Passwords for group chats work
Prevent buddies from being accidentally deleted when moving between groups

21 January 2010

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:48:38 +1300

Fixed memory leaks
New voice/video version for testing on Linux 32-bit (libskype-vv.so)
Fixed crash on connect bugs
Fixed users with newline characters in status looking wierd in buddy list
Fix ping timeouts to improve DBus version support
Disable cleanlooks on Skype startup on Linux to reduce memory usage
Workaround for SkypeOut buddies showing as online
Fixes for the XML blob stuff in chats during calls
Allow reuse of Xvfb session using the SKYPEDISPLAY env var on Linux

15 November 2009

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:27 +1300

Finally fixed grouping on Adium plugin

20 September 2009

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:31:45 +1200

Fixes the crash-on-startup problem in Linux
Authorisation messages no longer show as missed messages (working towards blocking auth spam)
64-bit universal builds on OSX

24 July 2009

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:10:31 +1200

Another crash-on-startup fixed on Win & OSX. And thoroughly tested this time :)

23 July 2009

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:10:11 +1200

Fix for crash-on-startup in newest versions of Skype for Windows and OSX

20 July 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:17:15 +1200

Fixes for a crash when message received in a closed conversation

22 June 2009

Tue, 22 Jun 2009 23:59:23 +1200

Fixes some annoying crashes
Shows buddy names in multi-user chats

28 April 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:59:23 +1200

Multi-user chat TLC for both Adium and Pidgin plugins
IM's turning into Multi-user chats don't mess up any more
'Missed' messages downloaded

4 April 2009

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:16:19 +1200

Fix buddy grouping and setting of status in Adium.

1 April 2009

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:40:08 +1300

Last Adium version didn't work without Skype 2.8beta installed, has been fixed.

27 March 2009

Wed, 27 Mar 2009 22:14:05 +1300

Important update for OSX users, workaround for bug in Skype which increased CPU load and missed messages
Removes debug info from system.log on OSX

21 January 2009

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:16:03 +1300

Fixes statuses in Adium, can set your status to Invisible/DND/SkypeMe through Adium status menu

4 January 2009

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 00:05:15 +1300

Fixed buddies not showing after suspend/disconnect in Adium plugin
Fixed SkypeOut buddies not showing as online in Adium plugin
Fixed SkypeOut buddies not showing as online/offline in Pidgin plugin

19 November 2008

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:23:00 +1200

Fixed that really annoying assert crash on X11 systems"s
Some icons on buddys on buddylist
Improvements to chats which are saved on buddy list
Updated Adium plugin to bring it up to date with the Windows/Linux plugins

20 Oct 2008

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:03:568 +1200

Fix for chats coming through as IM"s
SMS sending, right-click on a SkypeOut buddy/buddy with a mobile to Send SMS
Mobile phone authorisation
SkypeMe status shows better in buddy list
Some file transfer fixes for Windows

25 Sep 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:42:38 +1200

Update for Adium 1.3
New location for files

24 July 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Lots of speed improvements
Buddy icons for Linux and Mac
New No-Skype-Needed version of the plugin needs testing. Contact me if you're interested

9 July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200

No more annoying error in the Windows installer
Added SkypeOut icons so that its easier to tell the difference between normal contacts and SkypeOut ones
Dbus plugin on Pidgin won't say that it's Finch anymore

3 July 2008

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Portuguese translation thanks to Paulo Matos
Polish translation should be in .deb now

2 July 2008

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Adium 1.2.x users will be able to use the latest version of the plugin
Please send me a message if languages other than English work for you in Adium menus

1 July 2008

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Fix changing groups for buddies (sometimes crashed)
New messaging code should reduce battery usage
Adium plugin icons should line up properly now

17 June 2008

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Italian translation shouldn't be in Russian
Group stuff: changing groups of buddies in Pidgin changes them in Skype
Shouldn't come up with the "Skype not running" error message as often
A few other minor bug fixes
Oops, a big bugfix - if you already downloaded todays version, get it again

5 June 2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Polish translation thanks to Jakub Chrzanowski

16 May 2008

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Italian translation thanks to Roberto Agria
Russian translation thanks to Petr Vasilyev
Few minor tweaks to Pidgin plugin

8 May 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Adium plugin updated to not crash on startup with 1.2.5
Pidgin plugin now has /kick commands and can handle users being kicked out of a multi-user chat

28 April 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Adium plugin should hide Skype API window for languages other than English now
Hungarian translations in Windows and Linux versions

24 April 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1200

At long last, translations for Windows versions of the plugin
/me command is received properly now

23 April 2008

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Multi-user chats should be vastly better
Joining and leaving messages should show properly in multi-user chats
The /leave and /topic commands should work in multi-user chats
The title of the window is now something more useful than a random pile of characters

21 April 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Fixed startup crash on Linux systems
Added D-Bus versions to .deb package
D-Bus and X11 versions can now run at the same time
Skype and SkypeOut groups aren't created at startup if not needed
Changed Pidgin version number required, so that the plugin runs on older copies of Pidgin again

20 April 2008

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Updated Adium plugin so that it hopefully doesn't freeze Adium while starting Skype

12 April 2008

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1200

Windows installer updated to not create a Program Files directory now
German translations in Windows package

26 March 2008

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Added Japanese translations to Windows and Debian/Ubuntu packages. If you're interested in translating for your language, get in touch with me :)

24 March 2008

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin should automatically allow API access (if access for assistive devices is enabled -- see http://images.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/gfx/gui.03.jpg)

11 March 2008

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin should work with the new 1.2.4b1 Adium Beta

6 March 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Fixed the version numbering on the Debian/Ubuntu package
Typing notifications (to other plugin users)

5 March 2008

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Windows installer .exe available, installs protocol icons and emote theme too

4 March 2008

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin updated

3 March 2008

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Finch plugin available to download since the dbus interface is now working
Different version numbering system on Debian/Ubuntu package
Fix for adding extra users to a multi-user chat

2 March 2008

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Fixed Pidgin crash when opening Pidgin's Debug Window
Skype options screen can be brought up by choosing the "Show Skype Options" menu in the accounts menu

14 February 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Debian/Ubuntu package has the skype emote theme in it now
File transfers now correctly show the direction of transfer

13 February 2008

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

RSS Feed for changelog up and running? http://myjobspace.co.nz/images/pidgin/rss.php

12 February 2008

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Windows plugin has far better connection/disconnection system now

11 February 2008

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Linux plugin stability and speed increases

10 February 2008

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Incomming calls calls can be accepted from a pop-up box
Outgoing calls can be made to people not on your list through the accounts menu

7 February 2008

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Multi-user chats, at last!

1 February 2008

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Calls can now be made to offline contacts, allowing u to call peoples voicemail or call forwarding
Adium plugin has the correct extension again

31 January 2008

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin will start Skype.app if it's not running

30 January 2008

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Windows version will start up Skype.exe now if it's not running
Debian/Ubuntu package no longer depends on skype package as this was causing problems
You can now check your Skype credit balance through the Accounts menu

29 January 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Skype only automatically started if no other running copy of Skype is running

22 January 2008

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Fixed bug where buddy display name can get mangled if their mood/status message contains a newline character

18 January 2008

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Fixed an X11 error which caused pidgin to crash if skype hadn't been started during the current X session

17 January 2008

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Fixed bug where Pidgin/Adium might lock up if Skype is taking too long to respond

16 January 2008

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Cross-compile environment set up so there should be regular 64-bit linux builds
.deb package now for both i686 and amd64 architectures
.deb package now actually contains files and not just symlinks :)

15 January 2008

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

File transfers even better handled
New Debian/Ubuntu package available
Adium plugin hacks Adium a little to make file transfers appear

14 January 2008

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Linux plugin shouldn't crash on disconnect/close now
Linux plugin should be a little faster
File transfers should be better handled
Skype mood text shouldn't have messages in it any more

10 January 2008

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin doesn't hang when sending/receiving files
Fixed a potential infinite loop when a buddy updated their status message/mood text

9 January 2008

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Fixed a DoS if status message contains HTML tags

8 January 2008

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin doesn't hang on startup
Adium plugin sets the right user name in the account options

7 January 2008

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300

Plugin works with Adium 1.2 (but not Adium 1.1 anymore)
Adium plugin doesn't crash on disconnect
Using newer Skype protocol version as a stepping-stone to multi-user chats (PROTOCOL 5)
SkypeOut contacts are added to a SkypeOut group instead of Skype

9 December 2007

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Buddy icons now refresh when people come online
Updated the Skype protocol icons (thanks Cube!)
Fixed buddies from being deleted if they had a particular status message

4 December 2007

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Users have their status messages updated correctly when coming from online if they have voicemail/call forwarding

2 December 2007

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin doesn't lose messages
Adium doesn't crash on suspend with plugin running

25 November 2007

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Skype doesn't annoy with messages when minimising to try
Setting your avatar icon works properly, and doesn't crash if you set an invalid filename

22 November 2007

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Windows dll file now compiled from 2.1.1 Pidgin source, so it now works with PortablePidgin

21 November 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin is now legally GPL - Skype.framework is no longer needed and I've created an open-source replacement.
Adium plugin has changes from Linux/Windows versions ported over.
Adium plugin crashes less at startup.
Adium plugin will Hide Skype instead of just minimising it.

19 November 2007

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

X11 fixes for Linux version. The main one stops the 100% CPU crash.
You can now search for new Skype users from the Account menu.
More X11 fixes for Linux version. This one should make the plugin more stable and not crash on computers with memory protection.

18 November 2007

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

The plugin can now check for updates to itself and Skype, through the Account menu.

14 November 2007

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Reconnecting to the Skype process after restarting Skype doesn't cause a crash in Windows
The plugin can better detect if Skype closed in the background and disconnects (not perfect yet)

13 November 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Skype will now go offline when Pidgin/libpurple goes offline/unloads (set in account options)

12 November 2007

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Removed a double free() error on Linux version
Messages can now be sent to people who appear Offline/Invisible on your contact list
SkypeOut buddies can now optionaly be Online (set in account options)

11 November 2007

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Added more error handling on Linux version for dodgy X11 connections

10 November 2007

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

No crash when removing a buddy off your friends list on Skype
You can now add yourself to your own buddylist (won't show on Skype's friend list)

6 November 2007

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

'Last Online' information in 'Get Info' window now in a human readable format
Windows plugin doesn't crash on quit now

5 November 2007

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin now handles UTF-8 characters properly. This time for real :)
Windows plugin needed a recompile to work with Pidgin 2.2.2 for some reason

31 October 2007

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Adium plugin should no longer need dependencies installed into weird places
Adium plugin handles UTF-8 characters properly
Adium plugin has a lot of debug error messages removed
Adium plugin now shows the usernames without having to turn off "Show User Icons"

30 October 2007

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1300

File transfer progress show in Pidgin
Timezone information in "Get Info" windows is relative to UMT/GMT
Adium plugin and source are now in .zip files instead of .dmg's
Skype doesn't need to be started before starting Pidgin/Adium

24 October 2007

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1300

Changelog has been started
Long messages (>254 characters) no longer freeze everything
Requests for contact authorisation should appear now
Changing the display name of a buddy in libpurple updates it in Skype
Multi-user chats can be initiated. No messages show up in the chat window yet.
Incoming event handling re-written to be more responsive