pidgin - Multi-protocol IM client for AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, etc. HOWTO

ChangeLog


2007/10/16	- 2.1.1 -> 2.2.1
		- Updated Slackware not for 12.0
2007/08/23	- 2.1.0 -> 2.1.1
2007/08/19	- 2.0.2 -> 2.1.0
2007/06/27	- 2.0.1 -> 2.0.2
2007/06/03	- 2.0.0 -> 2.0.1
May 15, 2007	- Renamed from gaim to pidgin
		- Changed home page URL from
		  http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
		  to
		  http://www.pidgin.im/
		- gaim 2.0.0beta6 -> pidgin 2.0.0
		- Added --sysconfdir=/etc so it doesn't use /usr/etc
Feb 2, 2007	- 2.0.0beta5 -> beta6
Dec 16, 2006	- Added 2.0.0beta5
		- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (now at the top)
		- Updated prerequisites, including removing libao which
		  is no longer used for sound
		- Added installing XML::Parser
		- Added uninstall notes at the bottom
		- Note about image to use as a desktop icon
Sep 15, 2005	- 1.3.1 -> 1.5.0
Jun 15, 2005	- 1.2.1 -> 1.3.1
		- Fixed broken prerequisite links
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
		- Run chown -R root:root . if $UID = 0
		- Changed gnutls link to point to the new howto
Apr 5, 2005	- 1.2.0 -> 1.2.1
		- root.root -> root:root
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not),
		  added sha1sum verification
		- Changed the tcl/tk link to link to each one's howto
		- Fixed broken link to gnupg/gpg
		- 2nd md5sum link -> sha1sum
Mar 20, 2005	- 1.1.3 -> 1.2.0
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
Feb 19, 2005	- 1.1.2 -> 1.1.3
Feb 17, 2005	- 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2
Jan 5, 2005	- 1.0.0 -> 1.1.1
Sep 24, 2004	- 0.82.1 -> 1.0.0
		- Changed the X prerequisite into XFree86 or X.org
Aug 31, 2004	- 0.79 -> 0.82.1
		  See <a href="http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/">http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/</a> for a list of fixed security holes
Jun 28, 2004	- 0.78 -> 0.79
		- Added a note about the version that comes with Slackware
		  10.0, removed what comes with 9.0
Jun 1, 2004	- 0.77 -> 0.78
Apr 29, 2004	- 0.76 -> 0.77
Apr 9, 2004	- 0.75 -> 0.76
		- Added note about mozilla nss
Feb 10, 2004	- Added patch from the authors to cover the 12
		  vulnerabilities that were posted to Bugtraq:
		  <a href="http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html">http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html</a>
		- Updated note about what version comes with Slackware
Jan 12, 2004	- 0.74 -> 0.75
		- Added gnupg verification of tarball
Nov 26, 2003	- 0.73 -> 0.74
Nov 24, 2003	- 0.72 -> 0.73
Nov 12, 2003	- 0.70 -> 0.72
Oct 8, 2003	- 0.68 -> 0.70
		- Added note about versions that come with Slackware
		- Added more prerequisites
		- Added minimum required version info where known
Sep 4, 2003	- Changed link to audiofile from home page to my howto
		- Changed link to libao from home page to my oggvorbis howto
Sep 3, 2003	- First entry

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