1 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.6 to libfolks 0.3.7
2 =========================================================
5 * Bug 642351 — BACKEND_STORE_KEY_FILE format should support a wildcard entry
6 * Bug 643241 — _update_urls () needs to create copies of each
8 * Bug 643247 — Folks needs C API documentation
9 * Bug 643201 — folks-inspect can't handle properties which are
11 * Bug 642866 — tp-lowlevel leaks TpChannel
12 * Bug 642861 — FolksLinkedHashSet still alive when exiting Empathy
13 * Bug 642493 — Folks needs API for specifying a contact's organisation
14 * Bug 642500 — Folks needs API for specifying a contact's birthday
15 * Bug 642501 — Folks needs API for attaching notes to a Contact
16 * Bug 641210 — Add interface for postal addresses
17 * Bug 643956 — Use the correct signal name for postal addresses
18 * Bug 643954 — Add to_string () to PostalAddress class
19 * Bug 643955 — Add to_string () to RoleOwner class
22 * Add RoleOwner interface
23 * Add BirthdayOwner interface
24 * Add NoteOwner interface
25 * Add PostalAddressOwner interface
26 * Add PostalAddressOwner.uid as a convenience for backends
27 * Add PostalAddress.equal()
28 * Add PostalAddress.to_string()
29 * Add RoleOwner.to_string()
30 * Rename Aliasable -> AliasDetails
32 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.5 to libfolks 0.3.6
33 =========================================================
35 This is just a repackaging of libfolks 0.3.5 with some documentation comment
36 version numbers fixed.
38 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.4 to libfolks 0.3.5
39 =========================================================
42 * Various API breaks and improvements, especially in the IndividualAggregator
43 * Add various new interfaces: NameOwner, FieldDetails, Urlable, GenderOwner,
44 Phoneable and Emailable
47 * Add NameOwner interface
48 * Add FieldDetails interface
49 * Add Urlable interface
50 * Add GenderOwner interface
51 * Add Phoneable interface
52 * Add Emailable interface
53 * Add Tpf.Persona.is_in_contact_list
54 * Rename the URLable interface to Urlable
55 * Take a PersonaStore in IndividualAggregator.add_persona_from_details
56 * Remove IndividualAggregatorError.STORE_NOT_FOUND
57 * Rename the getter for BackendStore.enabled_backends from
58 folks_backend_store_get_enabled_backends() to
59 folks_backend_store_dup_enabled_backends()
60 * Rename BackendStore.get_backend_by_name() to .dup_backend_by_name()
63 * Bug 640901 — Allow it to be determined whether a user Tpf.Persona is in the
65 * Bug 641780 — Incorrect C function names for URLable interface
66 * Bug 629078 — Folks needs a full API review to take advantage of our
67 compatibility break in 0.2.x
68 * Bug 642036 — No way to pass a message when adding a contact
70 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.3 to libfolks 0.3.4
71 =========================================================
74 * Add folks-inspect tool
75 * The use of the new LinkedHashSet type in the API may make libgee a requirement
76 for some clients (to take full advantage of its class lineage).
79 * New type: LinkedHashSet, similar to Gee.HashSet, but ordered.
80 * IMable.im_addresses is now a mapping of string to LinkedHashSet.
81 * Rename the HasAvatar interface to AvatarOwner
82 * Rename the HasPresence interface to PresenceOwner
85 * Bug 637240 — libfolks-telepathy.so exports private symbols
86 * Bug 638311 — Add a HACKING file that outlines development policies and
88 * Bug 629083 — Review coding conventions in folks
89 * Bug 629075 — Add folks command line application
90 * Bug 638609 — libfolks hard-codes backend names for debugging
91 * Bug 639195 — Print stack traces for failed tests to improve remote
93 * Bug 639113 — Add static aggregation tests
94 * Bug 639742 — Logger service unavailable in make check
95 * Bug 640213 — Add tests for LinkedHashSet
96 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
98 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.2 to libfolks 0.3.3
99 =========================================================
102 * Fix some minor leaks
103 * Add support for building gtk-doc documentation for the C API
104 * Fix some related documentation problems
105 * Fix some Vala problems caused by differences between Vala 0.10 and 0.12
106 * Finish off renaming interfaces (this is an API break; see below)
107 * Don't trust personas from IRC
108 * Handle invalid IM addresses more gracefully than with an assertion failure
109 * Fix a linking problem with the user's individual when going offline which
110 could lead to infinite loops
113 * Rename the Avatar interface to HasAvatar
114 * Rename the Presence interface to HasPresence
115 * Rename the Favourite interface to Favouritable
117 * Throw IMableError from IMable.normalise_im_address()
120 * Bug 635178 — Leak in
121 folks_tp_lowlevel_connection_open_contact_list_channel_async
122 * Bug 635649 — autopoint fails to run
123 * Bug 635703 — Leak in connection_get_requestable_channel_classes_cb
124 * Bug 635823 — [PATCH] telepathy test not linking against GIO
125 * Bug 636251 — Fails to add contact
126 * Bug 629526 — Generate gtk-doc documentation
127 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
128 * Bug 636714 — Assertion failure on invalid IM address
129 * Bug 637136 — Infinite loop when disconnecting accounts
131 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.1 to libfolks 0.3.2
132 ==========================================================
135 * BackendStore.load_backends() now (un)loads backends which have been
136 (dis|en)abled since the last call
137 * FOLKS_BACKEND_DIR has been replaced by FOLKS_BACKEND_PATH. It accepts any
138 number of files and directories, separated by :
139 * Significantly clean up the build system
142 * Added BackendStore.prepare() and BackendStore::is-prepared
143 * Add BackendStore.enable_backend().
144 * Add BackendStore.disable_backend().
145 * Add BackendStore.unprepare().
146 * Remove casting convenience methods on Individual (casting isn't hard)
147 * Change the visibility of the setters of PersonaStore.type_id,
148 PersonaStore.display_name, PersonaStore.id, Backend.name,
149 Backend.persona_stores and Persona.linkable_properties. This removes the
150 corresponding C setter methods which should never have been exposed
151 * Remove Tpf.PersonaError
152 * Remove the exception from the Tpf.Persona constructor
155 * Bug 629081 — Add API to allow specific backends to be disabled
156 * Bug 629862 — Add tests for the key-file backend
157 * Bug 628883 — Add localisation support
158 * Bug 633718 — Make the Folks releases buildable without vala, valadoc, or
160 * Bug 633080 — Crash when disconnecting twice
162 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.0 to libfolks 0.3.1
163 ==========================================================
166 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the client type feature
169 * Add the PersonaStore:can-add-personas property
170 * Add the PersonaStore:can-remove-personas property
171 * Add the PersonaStore:can-alias-personas property
172 * Add the PersonaStore:can-group-personas property
173 * Make Individual implement the IMable interface
176 * Bug 630431 — notify::alias is never emitted
177 * Bug 631864 — Crash when empathy disconnects
178 * Bug 632096 — build failure: contact-retrieval.o: undefined reference to
179 symbol 'gee_abstract_collection_add'
180 * Bug 632163 — Folks key-file backend needs a way to point to a specific
182 * Bug 632564 — assertion `EMPATHY_IS_CONTACT (contact)' failed in
183 individual_store_contact_sort
185 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.17 to libfolks 0.3.0
186 ==========================================================
189 * Fixed some linking problems
190 * Added some missing documentation
191 * Fixed build problems introduced by switching to gobject-introspection 0.9.6
192 (i.e. GIR format 1.2)
193 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.16
194 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.10.0
195 * Bumped gobject-introspection dependency to 0.9.6
196 * Ensured IM addresses are normalised before being compared
197 * Made the folks-import build optional through a configure argument
198 * Added support for a “self” individual
199 * Added support for generating and installing Devhelp format documentation
200 * BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions are now idempotent
201 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the avatar token and data
203 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the capabilities feature
206 * Added IMable.normalise_im_address()
207 * Renamed Groups interface to Groupable
208 * Renamed Alias interface to Aliasable
209 * Removed BackendStore constructor
210 * Added BackendStore.dup()
211 * Added BackendStore::enabled-backends
212 * Added Individual::is-user
213 * Added Persona::is-user
214 * Added IndividualAggregator::user
215 * Added PersonaStoreError.UNSUPPORTED_ON_USER
216 * Added {IndividualAggregator, PersonaStoreError}.STORE_OFFLINE, used by the
217 respective add_persona_from_details() functions
220 * Bug 629452 — [Patch] Add missing gio linking for import-tool
221 * Bug 626008 — Add @since lines to all symbols
222 * Bug 629311 — Folks should normalize IDs written to the writable backend
223 * Bug 629644 — Key file backend cannot be loaded because of linking problems
224 * Bug 629666 — libfolks should not hard autodetect libxml
225 * Bug 628970 — Folks API needs a way to determine whether a specific type of
226 PersonaStore is available
227 * Bug 629096 — Add a library init function
228 * Bug 627402 — Support marking FolksPersonas as "me"
229 * Bug 629642 — individuals-changed emitted in the wrong order
230 * Bug 629643 — do not fall back to the id if alias is empty
231 * Bug 629006 — PersonaStore should gracefully handle offline Persona change
233 * Bug 629331 — BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions should
235 * Bug 629008 — Add a test for Persona additions
236 * Bug 630347 — Avatars are always NULL
238 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.16 to libfolks 0.1.17
239 ===========================================================
242 * Added a basic test suite
243 * Cleaned up the build system
244 * Ensured the public libraries' VAPI files are distributed and installed
245 * Prevented the key-file from being saved unnecessarily
246 * Fixed multi-byte character handling in the key-file backend
247 * Ensured account removal and invalidation is handled in the Telepathy backend
248 * Prevented a hang when creating relationships.ini in certain situations
249 * Added a folks-import tool to import meta-contact data from Pidgin; this adds
250 a dependency on libxml
253 * Added PersonaStore.flush()
256 * Bug 628930 — folks crahses empathy on relationships.ini read
257 * Bug 629082 — Empathy crashes when toggling "Ignore SSL certificate errors"
259 * Bug 628853 — hangs if there's no relationships.ini file
260 * Bug 629084 — Add a folks-import tool
262 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.15 to libfolks 0.1.16
263 ===========================================================
266 * Added more debugging output
267 * Fixed various small outputted code bugs
268 * Fixed problem where key file groups would be overwritten in some situations
269 * Fixed various signal emission problems
270 * Prevented changes to Personas' properties from being propagated back up to the
272 * Limited libgee dependency to < 0.7 due to API changes in libgee
273 * Added a FOLKS_DISABLE_LINKING environment variable to disable linking (for
277 * Bug 628108 — Favorite contacts are not save any more
278 * Bug 628294 — Some contacts appear to be linked together while they shouldn't
279 * Bug 628305 — Signal removal of Individuals containing untrusted Personas
280 * Bug 628131 — error message when trying to link ICQ with jabber
281 * Bug 628343 — Add an environment variable to disable linking
282 * Bug 628335 — Assertion error with master
284 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14.1 to libfolks 0.1.15
285 =============================================================
288 * Fixed various build problems
289 * Ensured duplicate entries don't appear in various sets
290 * Made gobject-introspection dependency explicit
291 * Limited libgee dependency to <= 0.5.2 due to API changes in libgee
292 * Reworked some of the Individual internals to make notifications more efficient
293 * Added the concept of an Individual's “trust level”
294 * Changed alias fallbacks to fall back to a display ID instead of a UID
295 * Added support for storing aliases in the key-file backend and use them in
296 preference to aliases from other Personas in an Individual
299 * Added Individual:personas-changed
300 * Added TrustLevel enum
301 * Added Individual::trust-level
302 * Implemented Alias on Kf.Persona
305 * Bug 627314 — folks cannot be install in gentoo sandbox
306 * Bug 627506 — Require gobject-introspection
307 * Bug 626725 — Add an Individual.personas_changed signal
308 * Bug 627968 — Add Individual.trust_level property
309 * Bug 626578 — Use vala's vala.m4 to check for telepathy-glib(.vapi)
310 * Bug 626410 — contacts show up with a weird alias
311 * Bug 627508 — Store alias and groups in the key-file backend
312 * Bug 627898 — Fails to install with -j4
314 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14 to libfolks 0.1.14.1
315 =============================================================
318 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.6
319 * Fixed some more warning spew
321 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.13 to libfolks 0.1.14
322 ===========================================================
325 * Changed Vala detection code to use the correct macro
326 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.5
327 * Removed some more message spew
328 * Changed tp-lowlevel Vala bindings to be generated using gobject-introspection
329 * Added optional dependency on gobject-introspection 0.6.7
331 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.12 to libfolks 0.1.13
332 ===========================================================
335 * Added the concept of “linkable properties”
336 * Added the IMable interface
337 * Added the concept of persona store “trust”
338 * Added a writeable key-file backend
339 * Added linking support to the IndividualAggregator
340 * Tidied up ID handling in the backends
341 * Warn if a backend's MIME type could not be determined, notifying the user if
342 libfolks can't load backends due to shared-mime-info not being installed
343 * Hint to clients the Individual replacing a removed Individual (if any)
344 * Exposed Telepathy contacts' IM addresses using the IMable interface
345 * Fixed some build and dependency issues
346 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.11 and dropped dependency on
348 * Added the concept of “writeable” PersonaStores and use this concept to prevent
349 properties being synchronised between PersonaStores unnecessarily (and
350 potentially even destructively)
353 * Added Persona::linkable-properties
354 * Added IMable interface
355 * Added PersonaStoreTrust enum
356 * Added PersonaStore::trust-level
357 * Added Persona.LinkablePropertyCallback()
358 * Added Persona.linkable_property_to_links()
359 * Added Persona.build_uid()
360 * Added Persona.split_uid()
361 * Added Persona::display-id
362 * Added PersonaStore::display-name
363 * Added replacement_individual parameter to Individual:removed
364 * Implemented IMable on Tpf.Persona
365 * Added IndividualAggregatorError.NO_WRITEABLE_STORE
366 * Added IndividualAggregator.link_personas()
367 * Added IndividualAggregator.unlink_individual()
368 * Added PersonaStore::is-writeable
371 * Bug 625830 — Adding an existing contact to the tp backend results in bogus
373 * Bug 626108 — Defining XDG_DATA_DIRS prevents backends from being loaded
375 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.11 to libfolks 0.1.12
376 ===========================================================
379 * Added debug flags support using the FOLKS_DEBUG environment variable
380 * Removed various bits of message and warning spew
381 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.4
382 * Ensured connections which are ready as soon as they're connected are handled
384 * Versioned the installed backends using the main library's libtool version
387 * Bug 625815 — No contat showed in the contact list
389 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.10 to libfolks 0.1.11
390 ===========================================================
393 * Moved various bits of preparation code out into async prepare() methods to
394 avoid race conditions on startup
395 * Reset TpfPersonaStore state when going offline
396 * Made several methods async which could potentially require it in future
397 * Added error throws to various functions which could potentially fail in future
400 * Added PersonaStore.prepare()
401 * Added Backend.prepare()
402 * Removed error thrown from Backend constructor
403 * Added IndividualAggregator.prepare()
404 * Changed return type of Presence.is_online() from uint to int
405 * Made IndividualAggregator.remove_individual() async
406 * Made PersonaStore.remove_persona() async
407 * Added an error throw to BackendStore.load_backends()
408 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.prepare()
409 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_individual()
410 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_persona()
411 * Added an error throw to PersonaStore.remove_persona()
412 * Made Groups.change_group() async
413 * Made Groups:group-changed async
415 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.9 to libfolks 0.1.10
416 ==========================================================
419 * Fixed various memory and reference leaks
420 * Lots of build system improvements
421 * Added a libtool version to the installed libraries
423 Initial release of libfolks 0.1.9
424 =================================
427 * Move to GNOME infrastructure