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
20 * Add RoleOwner interface
21 * Add BirthdayOwner interface
22 * Add NoteOwner interface
23 * Add PostalAddressOwner interface
24 * Add PostalAddressOwner.uid as a convenience for backends
25 * Add PostalAddress.equal()
27 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.5 to libfolks 0.3.6
28 =========================================================
30 This is just a repackaging of libfolks 0.3.5 with some documentation comment
31 version numbers fixed.
33 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.4 to libfolks 0.3.5
34 =========================================================
37 * Various API breaks and improvements, especially in the IndividualAggregator
38 * Add various new interfaces: NameOwner, FieldDetails, Urlable, GenderOwner,
39 Phoneable and Emailable
42 * Add NameOwner interface
43 * Add FieldDetails interface
44 * Add Urlable interface
45 * Add GenderOwner interface
46 * Add Phoneable interface
47 * Add Emailable interface
48 * Add Tpf.Persona.is_in_contact_list
49 * Rename the URLable interface to Urlable
50 * Take a PersonaStore in IndividualAggregator.add_persona_from_details
51 * Remove IndividualAggregatorError.STORE_NOT_FOUND
52 * Rename the getter for BackendStore.enabled_backends from
53 folks_backend_store_get_enabled_backends() to
54 folks_backend_store_dup_enabled_backends()
55 * Rename BackendStore.get_backend_by_name() to .dup_backend_by_name()
58 * Bug 640901 — Allow it to be determined whether a user Tpf.Persona is in the
60 * Bug 641780 — Incorrect C function names for URLable interface
61 * Bug 629078 — Folks needs a full API review to take advantage of our
62 compatibility break in 0.2.x
63 * Bug 642036 — No way to pass a message when adding a contact
65 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.3 to libfolks 0.3.4
66 =========================================================
69 * Add folks-inspect tool
70 * The use of the new LinkedHashSet type in the API may make libgee a requirement
71 for some clients (to take full advantage of its class lineage).
74 * New type: LinkedHashSet, similar to Gee.HashSet, but ordered.
75 * IMable.im_addresses is now a mapping of string to LinkedHashSet.
76 * Rename the HasAvatar interface to AvatarOwner
77 * Rename the HasPresence interface to PresenceOwner
80 * Bug 637240 — libfolks-telepathy.so exports private symbols
81 * Bug 638311 — Add a HACKING file that outlines development policies and
83 * Bug 629083 — Review coding conventions in folks
84 * Bug 629075 — Add folks command line application
85 * Bug 638609 — libfolks hard-codes backend names for debugging
86 * Bug 639195 — Print stack traces for failed tests to improve remote
88 * Bug 639113 — Add static aggregation tests
89 * Bug 639742 — Logger service unavailable in make check
90 * Bug 640213 — Add tests for LinkedHashSet
91 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
93 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.2 to libfolks 0.3.3
94 =========================================================
97 * Fix some minor leaks
98 * Add support for building gtk-doc documentation for the C API
99 * Fix some related documentation problems
100 * Fix some Vala problems caused by differences between Vala 0.10 and 0.12
101 * Finish off renaming interfaces (this is an API break; see below)
102 * Don't trust personas from IRC
103 * Handle invalid IM addresses more gracefully than with an assertion failure
104 * Fix a linking problem with the user's individual when going offline which
105 could lead to infinite loops
108 * Rename the Avatar interface to HasAvatar
109 * Rename the Presence interface to HasPresence
110 * Rename the Favourite interface to Favouritable
112 * Throw IMableError from IMable.normalise_im_address()
115 * Bug 635178 — Leak in
116 folks_tp_lowlevel_connection_open_contact_list_channel_async
117 * Bug 635649 — autopoint fails to run
118 * Bug 635703 — Leak in connection_get_requestable_channel_classes_cb
119 * Bug 635823 — [PATCH] telepathy test not linking against GIO
120 * Bug 636251 — Fails to add contact
121 * Bug 629526 — Generate gtk-doc documentation
122 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
123 * Bug 636714 — Assertion failure on invalid IM address
124 * Bug 637136 — Infinite loop when disconnecting accounts
126 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.1 to libfolks 0.3.2
127 ==========================================================
130 * BackendStore.load_backends() now (un)loads backends which have been
131 (dis|en)abled since the last call
132 * FOLKS_BACKEND_DIR has been replaced by FOLKS_BACKEND_PATH. It accepts any
133 number of files and directories, separated by :
134 * Significantly clean up the build system
137 * Added BackendStore.prepare() and BackendStore::is-prepared
138 * Add BackendStore.enable_backend().
139 * Add BackendStore.disable_backend().
140 * Add BackendStore.unprepare().
141 * Remove casting convenience methods on Individual (casting isn't hard)
142 * Change the visibility of the setters of PersonaStore.type_id,
143 PersonaStore.display_name, PersonaStore.id, Backend.name,
144 Backend.persona_stores and Persona.linkable_properties. This removes the
145 corresponding C setter methods which should never have been exposed
146 * Remove Tpf.PersonaError
147 * Remove the exception from the Tpf.Persona constructor
150 * Bug 629081 — Add API to allow specific backends to be disabled
151 * Bug 629862 — Add tests for the key-file backend
152 * Bug 628883 — Add localisation support
153 * Bug 633718 — Make the Folks releases buildable without vala, valadoc, or
155 * Bug 633080 — Crash when disconnecting twice
157 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.0 to libfolks 0.3.1
158 ==========================================================
161 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the client type feature
164 * Add the PersonaStore:can-add-personas property
165 * Add the PersonaStore:can-remove-personas property
166 * Add the PersonaStore:can-alias-personas property
167 * Add the PersonaStore:can-group-personas property
168 * Make Individual implement the IMable interface
171 * Bug 630431 — notify::alias is never emitted
172 * Bug 631864 — Crash when empathy disconnects
173 * Bug 632096 — build failure: contact-retrieval.o: undefined reference to
174 symbol 'gee_abstract_collection_add'
175 * Bug 632163 — Folks key-file backend needs a way to point to a specific
177 * Bug 632564 — assertion `EMPATHY_IS_CONTACT (contact)' failed in
178 individual_store_contact_sort
180 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.17 to libfolks 0.3.0
181 ==========================================================
184 * Fixed some linking problems
185 * Added some missing documentation
186 * Fixed build problems introduced by switching to gobject-introspection 0.9.6
187 (i.e. GIR format 1.2)
188 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.16
189 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.10.0
190 * Bumped gobject-introspection dependency to 0.9.6
191 * Ensured IM addresses are normalised before being compared
192 * Made the folks-import build optional through a configure argument
193 * Added support for a “self” individual
194 * Added support for generating and installing Devhelp format documentation
195 * BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions are now idempotent
196 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the avatar token and data
198 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the capabilities feature
201 * Added IMable.normalise_im_address()
202 * Renamed Groups interface to Groupable
203 * Renamed Alias interface to Aliasable
204 * Removed BackendStore constructor
205 * Added BackendStore.dup()
206 * Added BackendStore::enabled-backends
207 * Added Individual::is-user
208 * Added Persona::is-user
209 * Added IndividualAggregator::user
210 * Added PersonaStoreError.UNSUPPORTED_ON_USER
211 * Added {IndividualAggregator, PersonaStoreError}.STORE_OFFLINE, used by the
212 respective add_persona_from_details() functions
215 * Bug 629452 — [Patch] Add missing gio linking for import-tool
216 * Bug 626008 — Add @since lines to all symbols
217 * Bug 629311 — Folks should normalize IDs written to the writable backend
218 * Bug 629644 — Key file backend cannot be loaded because of linking problems
219 * Bug 629666 — libfolks should not hard autodetect libxml
220 * Bug 628970 — Folks API needs a way to determine whether a specific type of
221 PersonaStore is available
222 * Bug 629096 — Add a library init function
223 * Bug 627402 — Support marking FolksPersonas as "me"
224 * Bug 629642 — individuals-changed emitted in the wrong order
225 * Bug 629643 — do not fall back to the id if alias is empty
226 * Bug 629006 — PersonaStore should gracefully handle offline Persona change
228 * Bug 629331 — BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions should
230 * Bug 629008 — Add a test for Persona additions
231 * Bug 630347 — Avatars are always NULL
233 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.16 to libfolks 0.1.17
234 ===========================================================
237 * Added a basic test suite
238 * Cleaned up the build system
239 * Ensured the public libraries' VAPI files are distributed and installed
240 * Prevented the key-file from being saved unnecessarily
241 * Fixed multi-byte character handling in the key-file backend
242 * Ensured account removal and invalidation is handled in the Telepathy backend
243 * Prevented a hang when creating relationships.ini in certain situations
244 * Added a folks-import tool to import meta-contact data from Pidgin; this adds
245 a dependency on libxml
248 * Added PersonaStore.flush()
251 * Bug 628930 — folks crahses empathy on relationships.ini read
252 * Bug 629082 — Empathy crashes when toggling "Ignore SSL certificate errors"
254 * Bug 628853 — hangs if there's no relationships.ini file
255 * Bug 629084 — Add a folks-import tool
257 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.15 to libfolks 0.1.16
258 ===========================================================
261 * Added more debugging output
262 * Fixed various small outputted code bugs
263 * Fixed problem where key file groups would be overwritten in some situations
264 * Fixed various signal emission problems
265 * Prevented changes to Personas' properties from being propagated back up to the
267 * Limited libgee dependency to < 0.7 due to API changes in libgee
268 * Added a FOLKS_DISABLE_LINKING environment variable to disable linking (for
272 * Bug 628108 — Favorite contacts are not save any more
273 * Bug 628294 — Some contacts appear to be linked together while they shouldn't
274 * Bug 628305 — Signal removal of Individuals containing untrusted Personas
275 * Bug 628131 — error message when trying to link ICQ with jabber
276 * Bug 628343 — Add an environment variable to disable linking
277 * Bug 628335 — Assertion error with master
279 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14.1 to libfolks 0.1.15
280 =============================================================
283 * Fixed various build problems
284 * Ensured duplicate entries don't appear in various sets
285 * Made gobject-introspection dependency explicit
286 * Limited libgee dependency to <= 0.5.2 due to API changes in libgee
287 * Reworked some of the Individual internals to make notifications more efficient
288 * Added the concept of an Individual's “trust level”
289 * Changed alias fallbacks to fall back to a display ID instead of a UID
290 * Added support for storing aliases in the key-file backend and use them in
291 preference to aliases from other Personas in an Individual
294 * Added Individual:personas-changed
295 * Added TrustLevel enum
296 * Added Individual::trust-level
297 * Implemented Alias on Kf.Persona
300 * Bug 627314 — folks cannot be install in gentoo sandbox
301 * Bug 627506 — Require gobject-introspection
302 * Bug 626725 — Add an Individual.personas_changed signal
303 * Bug 627968 — Add Individual.trust_level property
304 * Bug 626578 — Use vala's vala.m4 to check for telepathy-glib(.vapi)
305 * Bug 626410 — contacts show up with a weird alias
306 * Bug 627508 — Store alias and groups in the key-file backend
307 * Bug 627898 — Fails to install with -j4
309 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14 to libfolks 0.1.14.1
310 =============================================================
313 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.6
314 * Fixed some more warning spew
316 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.13 to libfolks 0.1.14
317 ===========================================================
320 * Changed Vala detection code to use the correct macro
321 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.5
322 * Removed some more message spew
323 * Changed tp-lowlevel Vala bindings to be generated using gobject-introspection
324 * Added optional dependency on gobject-introspection 0.6.7
326 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.12 to libfolks 0.1.13
327 ===========================================================
330 * Added the concept of “linkable properties”
331 * Added the IMable interface
332 * Added the concept of persona store “trust”
333 * Added a writeable key-file backend
334 * Added linking support to the IndividualAggregator
335 * Tidied up ID handling in the backends
336 * Warn if a backend's MIME type could not be determined, notifying the user if
337 libfolks can't load backends due to shared-mime-info not being installed
338 * Hint to clients the Individual replacing a removed Individual (if any)
339 * Exposed Telepathy contacts' IM addresses using the IMable interface
340 * Fixed some build and dependency issues
341 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.11 and dropped dependency on
343 * Added the concept of “writeable” PersonaStores and use this concept to prevent
344 properties being synchronised between PersonaStores unnecessarily (and
345 potentially even destructively)
348 * Added Persona::linkable-properties
349 * Added IMable interface
350 * Added PersonaStoreTrust enum
351 * Added PersonaStore::trust-level
352 * Added Persona.LinkablePropertyCallback()
353 * Added Persona.linkable_property_to_links()
354 * Added Persona.build_uid()
355 * Added Persona.split_uid()
356 * Added Persona::display-id
357 * Added PersonaStore::display-name
358 * Added replacement_individual parameter to Individual:removed
359 * Implemented IMable on Tpf.Persona
360 * Added IndividualAggregatorError.NO_WRITEABLE_STORE
361 * Added IndividualAggregator.link_personas()
362 * Added IndividualAggregator.unlink_individual()
363 * Added PersonaStore::is-writeable
366 * Bug 625830 — Adding an existing contact to the tp backend results in bogus
368 * Bug 626108 — Defining XDG_DATA_DIRS prevents backends from being loaded
370 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.11 to libfolks 0.1.12
371 ===========================================================
374 * Added debug flags support using the FOLKS_DEBUG environment variable
375 * Removed various bits of message and warning spew
376 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.4
377 * Ensured connections which are ready as soon as they're connected are handled
379 * Versioned the installed backends using the main library's libtool version
382 * Bug 625815 — No contat showed in the contact list
384 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.10 to libfolks 0.1.11
385 ===========================================================
388 * Moved various bits of preparation code out into async prepare() methods to
389 avoid race conditions on startup
390 * Reset TpfPersonaStore state when going offline
391 * Made several methods async which could potentially require it in future
392 * Added error throws to various functions which could potentially fail in future
395 * Added PersonaStore.prepare()
396 * Added Backend.prepare()
397 * Removed error thrown from Backend constructor
398 * Added IndividualAggregator.prepare()
399 * Changed return type of Presence.is_online() from uint to int
400 * Made IndividualAggregator.remove_individual() async
401 * Made PersonaStore.remove_persona() async
402 * Added an error throw to BackendStore.load_backends()
403 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.prepare()
404 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_individual()
405 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_persona()
406 * Added an error throw to PersonaStore.remove_persona()
407 * Made Groups.change_group() async
408 * Made Groups:group-changed async
410 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.9 to libfolks 0.1.10
411 ==========================================================
414 * Fixed various memory and reference leaks
415 * Lots of build system improvements
416 * Added a libtool version to the installed libraries
418 Initial release of libfolks 0.1.9
419 =================================
422 * Move to GNOME infrastructure