1 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.5.0 to libfolks 0.5.1
2 =========================================================
5 * Bug 645388 — Group channels are leaked
6 * Bug 647562 — Don't crash on duplicate group channels
7 * Bug 647121 — Crash in individual_store_contact_sort at
8 empathy-individual-store.c line 1387
9 * Bug 645684 — Implement Iterator on LinkedHashSet
12 * LinkedHashSet.list_iterator() is now disallowed (causes an assertion failure)
13 * LinkedHashSet.iterator() now returns a BidirIterator instead of just an
15 * ImDetails.im_addresses is now of type MultiMap<string, string>
16 * WebServiceDetails.web_service_addresses is now of type
17 MultiMap<string, string>
18 * Removed LinkedHashSet in favour of Gee.HashSet
19 * Backend.persona_stores is now of type Map<string, PersonaStore>
20 * GroupDetails.groups is now of type Set<string>
21 * FieldDetails.parameters is now of type MultiMap<string, string>
22 * FieldDetails.get_parameter_values() now returns type Collection<string>
23 * FieldDetails.extend_parameters() now takes type MultiMap<string, string>
24 * PostalAddressDetails.postal_addresses is now of type Set<PostalAddress>
25 * EmailDetails.email_addresses is now of type Set<FieldDetails>
26 * PhoneDetails.phone_numbers is now of type Set<FieldDetails>
28 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.4.0 to libfolks 0.5.0
29 =========================================================
32 * Add support to change primary (writeable) store either via
33 GConf or an env variable (bug 645441).
34 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.12.0 for bug #646345
37 * Bug 644968 - _update_phone_numbers() needs to create copies
38 of each List<FieldDetails>
39 * Bug 644966 - _update_emails () needs to create copies of each
41 * Bug 644527 - Add a Tracker backend
42 * Bug 645430 - folks-inspect: Use LinkedHashSet to access im-addresses
43 * Bug 645411 - folks-import segfaults on startup
44 * Crasher when removing Personas
45 * Crasher when reconnecting a Telepathy account
46 * Bug 645680 — Use random integer IDs for Kf.Personas
47 * Bug 645475 — Linker warnings for Tracker backend tests
48 * Bug 645570 — Fix checks for empty and equal StructuredNames
49 * Bug 645989 — Ensure add_persona_from_details handles the basic attribute
50 * Bug 645413 — Write support for Tracker
51 * Bug 645441 — Mechanism to specify primary backend
52 * Bug 638280 — Add a libsocialweb backend
53 * Deal with duplicated phones/e-mails in Tracker
54 * Bug 646944 — Fix libsocialweb updates and removals of contacts
55 * Bug 644867 — add interface for linkable web service contact UIDs
56 * Bug 647168 — print the "web-service-addresses" property correctly
57 * Bug 646831 — Setting an existing phone number or e-mail address on a
59 * Bug 647298 — folks-inspect gets SIGSEGV when trying to auto-complete
61 * Bug 646948 — Support for potential matches
64 * Add equal () to StructuredName
65 * Add detail_key () along with an enum PersonaDetail to PersonaStore
66 which together define the basic attributes that should be supported
67 by add_persona_from_details ().
68 * Add public primary_store to IndividualAggregator
69 * Add LocalIdDetails interface for linking Personas based on local address book
70 IDs (such as for the Tracker backend Personas)
71 * Add WebServiceDetails interface for linking Personas based on web service
72 accounts (such as for the libsocialweb backend Personas)
73 * Add PotentialMatch class and IndividualAggregator.get_potential_matches() and
74 IndividualAggregator.get_all_potential_matches() to suggest Individuals that
75 may match the given Individual or all potential matches, respectively.
77 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.6 to libfolks 0.4.0
78 =========================================================
81 * Bug 642351 — BACKEND_STORE_KEY_FILE format should support a wildcard entry
82 * Bug 643241 — _update_urls () needs to create copies of each
84 * Bug 643247 — Folks needs C API documentation
85 * Bug 643201 — folks-inspect can't handle properties which are
87 * Bug 642866 — tp-lowlevel leaks TpChannel
88 * Bug 642861 — FolksLinkedHashSet still alive when exiting Empathy
89 * Bug 642493 — Folks needs API for specifying a contact's organisation
90 * Bug 642500 — Folks needs API for specifying a contact's birthday
91 * Bug 642501 — Folks needs API for attaching notes to a Contact
92 * Bug 641210 — Add interface for postal addresses
93 * Bug 643956 — Use the correct signal name for postal addresses
94 * Bug 643954 — Add to_string () to PostalAddress class
95 * Bug 643955 — Add to_string () to RoleOwner class
96 * Bug 643957 — Deal handle birthday and postal-addresses.
97 * Bug 644457 — Handle structured names
98 * Bug 644165 — An individual's avatar shouldn't be replaced by a null avatar
101 * Add RoleDetails interface
102 * Add BirthdayDetails interface
103 * Add NoteDetails interface
104 * Add PostalAddressDetails interface
105 * Rename Aliasable -> AliasDetails
106 * Rename AvatarOwner -> AvatarDetails
107 * Rename Emailable -> EmailDetails
108 * Rename Favouritable -> FavouriteDetails
109 * Rename GenderOwner -> GenderDetails
110 * Rename Groupable -> GroupDetails
111 * Rename IMable -> ImDetails
112 * Rename NameOwner -> NameDetails
113 * Rename Phoneable -> PhoneDetails
114 * Rename PresenceOwner -> PresenceDetails
115 * Rename Urlable -> UrlDetails
117 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.5 to libfolks 0.3.6
118 =========================================================
120 This is just a repackaging of libfolks 0.3.5 with some documentation comment
121 version numbers fixed.
123 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.4 to libfolks 0.3.5
124 =========================================================
127 * Various API breaks and improvements, especially in the IndividualAggregator
128 * Add various new interfaces: NameOwner, FieldDetails, Urlable, GenderOwner,
129 Phoneable and Emailable
132 * Add NameOwner interface
133 * Add FieldDetails interface
134 * Add Urlable interface
135 * Add GenderOwner interface
136 * Add Phoneable interface
137 * Add Emailable interface
138 * Add Tpf.Persona.is_in_contact_list
139 * Rename the URLable interface to Urlable
140 * Take a PersonaStore in IndividualAggregator.add_persona_from_details
141 * Remove IndividualAggregatorError.STORE_NOT_FOUND
142 * Rename the getter for BackendStore.enabled_backends from
143 folks_backend_store_get_enabled_backends() to
144 folks_backend_store_dup_enabled_backends()
145 * Rename BackendStore.get_backend_by_name() to .dup_backend_by_name()
148 * Bug 640901 — Allow it to be determined whether a user Tpf.Persona is in the
150 * Bug 641780 — Incorrect C function names for URLable interface
151 * Bug 629078 — Folks needs a full API review to take advantage of our
152 compatibility break in 0.2.x
153 * Bug 642036 — No way to pass a message when adding a contact
155 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.3 to libfolks 0.3.4
156 =========================================================
159 * Add folks-inspect tool
160 * The use of the new LinkedHashSet type in the API may make libgee a requirement
161 for some clients (to take full advantage of its class lineage).
164 * New type: LinkedHashSet, similar to Gee.HashSet, but ordered.
165 * IMable.im_addresses is now a mapping of string to LinkedHashSet.
166 * Rename the HasAvatar interface to AvatarOwner
167 * Rename the HasPresence interface to PresenceOwner
170 * Bug 637240 — libfolks-telepathy.so exports private symbols
171 * Bug 638311 — Add a HACKING file that outlines development policies and
173 * Bug 629083 — Review coding conventions in folks
174 * Bug 629075 — Add folks command line application
175 * Bug 638609 — libfolks hard-codes backend names for debugging
176 * Bug 639195 — Print stack traces for failed tests to improve remote
178 * Bug 639113 — Add static aggregation tests
179 * Bug 639742 — Logger service unavailable in make check
180 * Bug 640213 — Add tests for LinkedHashSet
181 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
183 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.2 to libfolks 0.3.3
184 =========================================================
187 * Fix some minor leaks
188 * Add support for building gtk-doc documentation for the C API
189 * Fix some related documentation problems
190 * Fix some Vala problems caused by differences between Vala 0.10 and 0.12
191 * Finish off renaming interfaces (this is an API break; see below)
192 * Don't trust personas from IRC
193 * Handle invalid IM addresses more gracefully than with an assertion failure
194 * Fix a linking problem with the user's individual when going offline which
195 could lead to infinite loops
198 * Rename the Avatar interface to HasAvatar
199 * Rename the Presence interface to HasPresence
200 * Rename the Favourite interface to Favouritable
202 * Throw IMableError from IMable.normalise_im_address()
205 * Bug 635178 — Leak in
206 folks_tp_lowlevel_connection_open_contact_list_channel_async
207 * Bug 635649 — autopoint fails to run
208 * Bug 635703 — Leak in connection_get_requestable_channel_classes_cb
209 * Bug 635823 — [PATCH] telepathy test not linking against GIO
210 * Bug 636251 — Fails to add contact
211 * Bug 629526 — Generate gtk-doc documentation
212 * Bug 627397 — Use better interface names
213 * Bug 636714 — Assertion failure on invalid IM address
214 * Bug 637136 — Infinite loop when disconnecting accounts
216 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.1 to libfolks 0.3.2
217 ==========================================================
220 * BackendStore.load_backends() now (un)loads backends which have been
221 (dis|en)abled since the last call
222 * FOLKS_BACKEND_DIR has been replaced by FOLKS_BACKEND_PATH. It accepts any
223 number of files and directories, separated by :
224 * Significantly clean up the build system
227 * Added BackendStore.prepare() and BackendStore::is-prepared
228 * Add BackendStore.enable_backend().
229 * Add BackendStore.disable_backend().
230 * Add BackendStore.unprepare().
231 * Remove casting convenience methods on Individual (casting isn't hard)
232 * Change the visibility of the setters of PersonaStore.type_id,
233 PersonaStore.display_name, PersonaStore.id, Backend.name,
234 Backend.persona_stores and Persona.linkable_properties. This removes the
235 corresponding C setter methods which should never have been exposed
236 * Remove Tpf.PersonaError
237 * Remove the exception from the Tpf.Persona constructor
240 * Bug 629081 — Add API to allow specific backends to be disabled
241 * Bug 629862 — Add tests for the key-file backend
242 * Bug 628883 — Add localisation support
243 * Bug 633718 — Make the Folks releases buildable without vala, valadoc, or
245 * Bug 633080 — Crash when disconnecting twice
247 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.3.0 to libfolks 0.3.1
248 ==========================================================
251 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the client type feature
254 * Add the PersonaStore:can-add-personas property
255 * Add the PersonaStore:can-remove-personas property
256 * Add the PersonaStore:can-alias-personas property
257 * Add the PersonaStore:can-group-personas property
258 * Make Individual implement the IMable interface
261 * Bug 630431 — notify::alias is never emitted
262 * Bug 631864 — Crash when empathy disconnects
263 * Bug 632096 — build failure: contact-retrieval.o: undefined reference to
264 symbol 'gee_abstract_collection_add'
265 * Bug 632163 — Folks key-file backend needs a way to point to a specific
267 * Bug 632564 — assertion `EMPATHY_IS_CONTACT (contact)' failed in
268 individual_store_contact_sort
270 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.17 to libfolks 0.3.0
271 ==========================================================
274 * Fixed some linking problems
275 * Added some missing documentation
276 * Fixed build problems introduced by switching to gobject-introspection 0.9.6
277 (i.e. GIR format 1.2)
278 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.16
279 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.10.0
280 * Bumped gobject-introspection dependency to 0.9.6
281 * Ensured IM addresses are normalised before being compared
282 * Made the folks-import build optional through a configure argument
283 * Added support for a “self” individual
284 * Added support for generating and installing Devhelp format documentation
285 * BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions are now idempotent
286 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the avatar token and data
288 * Tpf.Persona.contact is now guaranteed to have the capabilities feature
291 * Added IMable.normalise_im_address()
292 * Renamed Groups interface to Groupable
293 * Renamed Alias interface to Aliasable
294 * Removed BackendStore constructor
295 * Added BackendStore.dup()
296 * Added BackendStore::enabled-backends
297 * Added Individual::is-user
298 * Added Persona::is-user
299 * Added IndividualAggregator::user
300 * Added PersonaStoreError.UNSUPPORTED_ON_USER
301 * Added {IndividualAggregator, PersonaStoreError}.STORE_OFFLINE, used by the
302 respective add_persona_from_details() functions
305 * Bug 629452 — [Patch] Add missing gio linking for import-tool
306 * Bug 626008 — Add @since lines to all symbols
307 * Bug 629311 — Folks should normalize IDs written to the writable backend
308 * Bug 629644 — Key file backend cannot be loaded because of linking problems
309 * Bug 629666 — libfolks should not hard autodetect libxml
310 * Bug 628970 — Folks API needs a way to determine whether a specific type of
311 PersonaStore is available
312 * Bug 629096 — Add a library init function
313 * Bug 627402 — Support marking FolksPersonas as "me"
314 * Bug 629642 — individuals-changed emitted in the wrong order
315 * Bug 629643 — do not fall back to the id if alias is empty
316 * Bug 629006 — PersonaStore should gracefully handle offline Persona change
318 * Bug 629331 — BackendStore.load_backends and the prepare() functions should
320 * Bug 629008 — Add a test for Persona additions
321 * Bug 630347 — Avatars are always NULL
323 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.16 to libfolks 0.1.17
324 ===========================================================
327 * Added a basic test suite
328 * Cleaned up the build system
329 * Ensured the public libraries' VAPI files are distributed and installed
330 * Prevented the key-file from being saved unnecessarily
331 * Fixed multi-byte character handling in the key-file backend
332 * Ensured account removal and invalidation is handled in the Telepathy backend
333 * Prevented a hang when creating relationships.ini in certain situations
334 * Added a folks-import tool to import meta-contact data from Pidgin; this adds
335 a dependency on libxml
338 * Added PersonaStore.flush()
341 * Bug 628930 — folks crahses empathy on relationships.ini read
342 * Bug 629082 — Empathy crashes when toggling "Ignore SSL certificate errors"
344 * Bug 628853 — hangs if there's no relationships.ini file
345 * Bug 629084 — Add a folks-import tool
347 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.15 to libfolks 0.1.16
348 ===========================================================
351 * Added more debugging output
352 * Fixed various small outputted code bugs
353 * Fixed problem where key file groups would be overwritten in some situations
354 * Fixed various signal emission problems
355 * Prevented changes to Personas' properties from being propagated back up to the
357 * Limited libgee dependency to < 0.7 due to API changes in libgee
358 * Added a FOLKS_DISABLE_LINKING environment variable to disable linking (for
362 * Bug 628108 — Favorite contacts are not save any more
363 * Bug 628294 — Some contacts appear to be linked together while they shouldn't
364 * Bug 628305 — Signal removal of Individuals containing untrusted Personas
365 * Bug 628131 — error message when trying to link ICQ with jabber
366 * Bug 628343 — Add an environment variable to disable linking
367 * Bug 628335 — Assertion error with master
369 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14.1 to libfolks 0.1.15
370 =============================================================
373 * Fixed various build problems
374 * Ensured duplicate entries don't appear in various sets
375 * Made gobject-introspection dependency explicit
376 * Limited libgee dependency to <= 0.5.2 due to API changes in libgee
377 * Reworked some of the Individual internals to make notifications more efficient
378 * Added the concept of an Individual's “trust level”
379 * Changed alias fallbacks to fall back to a display ID instead of a UID
380 * Added support for storing aliases in the key-file backend and use them in
381 preference to aliases from other Personas in an Individual
384 * Added Individual:personas-changed
385 * Added TrustLevel enum
386 * Added Individual::trust-level
387 * Implemented Alias on Kf.Persona
390 * Bug 627314 — folks cannot be install in gentoo sandbox
391 * Bug 627506 — Require gobject-introspection
392 * Bug 626725 — Add an Individual.personas_changed signal
393 * Bug 627968 — Add Individual.trust_level property
394 * Bug 626578 — Use vala's vala.m4 to check for telepathy-glib(.vapi)
395 * Bug 626410 — contacts show up with a weird alias
396 * Bug 627508 — Store alias and groups in the key-file backend
397 * Bug 627898 — Fails to install with -j4
399 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.14 to libfolks 0.1.14.1
400 =============================================================
403 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.6
404 * Fixed some more warning spew
406 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.13 to libfolks 0.1.14
407 ===========================================================
410 * Changed Vala detection code to use the correct macro
411 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.5
412 * Removed some more message spew
413 * Changed tp-lowlevel Vala bindings to be generated using gobject-introspection
414 * Added optional dependency on gobject-introspection 0.6.7
416 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.12 to libfolks 0.1.13
417 ===========================================================
420 * Added the concept of “linkable properties”
421 * Added the IMable interface
422 * Added the concept of persona store “trust”
423 * Added a writeable key-file backend
424 * Added linking support to the IndividualAggregator
425 * Tidied up ID handling in the backends
426 * Warn if a backend's MIME type could not be determined, notifying the user if
427 libfolks can't load backends due to shared-mime-info not being installed
428 * Hint to clients the Individual replacing a removed Individual (if any)
429 * Exposed Telepathy contacts' IM addresses using the IMable interface
430 * Fixed some build and dependency issues
431 * Bumped telepathy-glib dependency to 0.11.11 and dropped dependency on
433 * Added the concept of “writeable” PersonaStores and use this concept to prevent
434 properties being synchronised between PersonaStores unnecessarily (and
435 potentially even destructively)
438 * Added Persona::linkable-properties
439 * Added IMable interface
440 * Added PersonaStoreTrust enum
441 * Added PersonaStore::trust-level
442 * Added Persona.LinkablePropertyCallback()
443 * Added Persona.linkable_property_to_links()
444 * Added Persona.build_uid()
445 * Added Persona.split_uid()
446 * Added Persona::display-id
447 * Added PersonaStore::display-name
448 * Added replacement_individual parameter to Individual:removed
449 * Implemented IMable on Tpf.Persona
450 * Added IndividualAggregatorError.NO_WRITEABLE_STORE
451 * Added IndividualAggregator.link_personas()
452 * Added IndividualAggregator.unlink_individual()
453 * Added PersonaStore::is-writeable
456 * Bug 625830 — Adding an existing contact to the tp backend results in bogus
458 * Bug 626108 — Defining XDG_DATA_DIRS prevents backends from being loaded
460 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.11 to libfolks 0.1.12
461 ===========================================================
464 * Added debug flags support using the FOLKS_DEBUG environment variable
465 * Removed various bits of message and warning spew
466 * Bumped Vala dependency to 0.9.4
467 * Ensured connections which are ready as soon as they're connected are handled
469 * Versioned the installed backends using the main library's libtool version
472 * Bug 625815 — No contat showed in the contact list
474 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.10 to libfolks 0.1.11
475 ===========================================================
478 * Moved various bits of preparation code out into async prepare() methods to
479 avoid race conditions on startup
480 * Reset TpfPersonaStore state when going offline
481 * Made several methods async which could potentially require it in future
482 * Added error throws to various functions which could potentially fail in future
485 * Added PersonaStore.prepare()
486 * Added Backend.prepare()
487 * Removed error thrown from Backend constructor
488 * Added IndividualAggregator.prepare()
489 * Changed return type of Presence.is_online() from uint to int
490 * Made IndividualAggregator.remove_individual() async
491 * Made PersonaStore.remove_persona() async
492 * Added an error throw to BackendStore.load_backends()
493 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.prepare()
494 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_individual()
495 * Added an error throw to IndividualAggregator.remove_persona()
496 * Added an error throw to PersonaStore.remove_persona()
497 * Made Groups.change_group() async
498 * Made Groups:group-changed async
500 Overview of changes from libfolks 0.1.9 to libfolks 0.1.10
501 ==========================================================
504 * Fixed various memory and reference leaks
505 * Lots of build system improvements
506 * Added a libtool version to the installed libraries
508 Initial release of libfolks 0.1.9
509 =================================
512 * Move to GNOME infrastructure