Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/10/30/11:55:31
naim 0.11.6.3 is now available through the Cygwin Net Release.
This is primarily a maintenance release (small bug fixes and feature
improvements).
naim is a console client for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), AOL I Seek You (ICQ),
Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and The lily CMC.
* naim includes unique features like zero-configuration peer to peer
encryption, automatic message queueing, and incoming message modification
(to correct common spelling mistakes and expand common abbreviations).
* naim also includes powerful dynamic module support, allowing developers to
modify all major aspects of naim's behavior.
+ Third-party plug-ins have been used to extend naim's functionality for
use in embedded monitoring clients, and for use as host to automatic
clients ("bots").
* When combined with GNU Screen, naim is great to use as a chat client as
well as an answering machine. Individual users can detach, log out, pack
up and go home, then log back in from anywhere on the Internet to resume
their naim session.
naim is maintained by an OPEN, DIRECTED COMMUNITY, and has been in
development since October, 1998.
More information is available from:
http://naim.n.ml.org/
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| To install or upgrade this package, run the Cygwin Net Release Setup |
| Program, available from [http://cygwin.com/setup.exe]. Answer all of the |
| questions to reach the Select Packages screen. You will find naim listed |
| in the "Net" category. |
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Summary of changes from 0.11.6.1 to 0.11.6.2 [2003-10-22]
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[pkg fea] nicq.1, nirc.1, and nlily.1 are now stub man pages pointing to
naim.1. In the past they were created as symlinks by a postinstall
script.
[pkg fea] Cygwin-specific README has been moved from ${prefix}/doc/Cygwin to
${datadir}/doc/Cygwin.
[pkg fea] `make check' will now compile and execute an adapted version of
Ian Gulliver's FireTalk test suite.
[IRC bug] When supplied with an extra-long nickname on sign-on, some IRC
servers silently truncate the nickname to fit into their limits.
This confused FireTalk. Fixed.
[Lil bug] The /topic command sent a non-existent /TOPIC command to the
server instead of the proper /RETITLE command. Fixed.
[pkg fea] Several Makefiles have been rewritten for improved compatibility.
[UI bug] Potential buffer underflow in logfile playback identified. Fixed.
[UI BUG] Potential buffer overflow in spelling correction code identified.
This is thought to be responsible for several reports of the
recvfrom chain "losing" its hooks, stopping incoming messages from
being displayed to the user. Fixed.
[UI fea] Small improvements to the HTML renderer.
Summary of changes from 0.11.6.2 to 0.11.6.3 [2003-10-29]
============================================
[pkg bug] Cygwin packaging code cleaned up.
[pkg fea] More Makefile rewrites for improved compatibility.
[FT bug] Long-standing connection-deletion routine has been addressed. This
is a partial backport of the complete rewrite for 0.12.
[FT bug] Several memory leaks have been corrected.
[Lil bug] When someone retitles a discussion, a window would be opened for
it even if you were not a member. Fixed.
[Lil bug] Potential buffer underflow in signon code identified. Fixed.
[Lil fea] New line-receiving code backported from 0.12.
[Lil fea] New line-parsing code backported from 0.12.
[UI bug] Potential use of uninitialized buffer in statusbar code
identified. Work-around implemented.
[UI bug] If two windows had identical presentations due to modifying
$nameformat/$nameformat_named, Tab would stop working. Fixed.
[UI bug] When leaving a chat generated an error, partial stack corruption
occurred. Fixed.
[UI bug] Double-join protection kept users from joining channels with an
open window that they were not actually inside. Fixed.
[UI bug] Potential heap corruption from realloc()ing a string and then
copying it into itself identified. Fixed.
[UI FEA] New key-handling code dramatically improves responsiveness for
laggy connections and when pasting large blocks of text.
If there is any questionable behaviour at all, please contact me directly at
<n AT ml DOT org>, on AIM as "naim help", or on EFnet or Undernet IRC in #naim. If
you are interested in the development of naim, feel free to subscribe to the
naim-technical mailing list. Just send a blank email to
<naim-technical-subscribe AT n DOT ml DOT org> and reply to the confirmation message.
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