[Kde-announce-apps] Kopete 0.12 beta 2

[Matt Matt Rogers]

Name: Kopete
Version: 0.12 beta 2
Type: Chat Application
Depend: KDE 3.3.x
License: GPL
Homepage: http://kopete.kde.org
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=9891

Description:
 Kopete is a multi-protocol instant messenger,
supporting Jabber, ICQ, AIM, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MSN
Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger written for the
KDE desktop.

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This is Kopete 0.12 beta 2. It should compile and
work with KDE versions 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5. 

Installation Instructions
=========================

Make sure you have at least KDE 3.3 and Qt 3.3
before compiling this 
release. Please be sure to install this version
over the version 
you have installed currently. run the command
'kde-config 
--prefix' to see what prefix you should pass to
configure. Or you
can do something like this:

    ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`

Kopete will probably fail to work correctly if it
is not installed in 
he correct place. If you need more help please
send a mail to 
kopete-devel at kde.org or join us on irc in the
#kopete channel at 
irc.freenode.org. Please keep in mind that you may
not get an 
immediate response when asking questions.


Changelog:
 For a list of new features in Kopete 0.12, please
see http://kopete.kde.org/roadmap.php

Changes since 0.12 beta 1:
- Fix Yahoo! login
- improvements to the Yahoo Addressbook
functionality
- New chatwindow style called Retropete which
functions like the Kopete style in previous
versions
- Fix enabling and disabling global identity while
Kopete is running
- ICQ buddy icons are now cached
- Support for saving and loading video device
configuration.
- Add group and addressbook link selection to the
new add contact dialog
- Fix crash when no video device is found.
- Correctly enable the correct authorization menu
- Complete the Yahoo! Stealth feature
- In the IRC plugin, be the same as Konversation
and XChat and default to utf-8 for new accounts.
- Fixes for the following bugs/wishes on
bugs.kde.org (plus many more)
  - #119862 - if you press escape or cancel in the
new message status-window there is a checkbox next
to it and you can't click on it anymore
  - #121252 - encoding problem with contact list
group names
  - #120989 - Can never be idle if compiled
without libxss
  - #92949  - Kopete auto away on idle time does
not work properly when running in Xvnc
  - #117513 - Kopete should ignore activity when
the screen is locked with the KDE screensaver
  - #121754 - copy link address in history isn't
working
  - #121856 -
../../../talk/base/basicdefs.h:32:20: config.h: No
such file or directory
  - #122317 - Cannot delete MSN contact
  - #121053 - Outgoing messages sent as UTF-8,
ignoring manually selected encoding
  - #122533 - Tray bubble auto close minimum
should be 1 second
  - #119481 - Kopete Email Window remains blank
(incoming messages not displayed)
  - #122750 - wrong item index on style variant
combobox
  - #122827 - crash in ICQ on disconnect due to
connect elsewhere
  - #113425 - Webcam stops unexpected ($contact
has left the chat)
  - #113525 - Filetransfer in MSN-plugin doesn't
work properly
  - #111627 - --with-libidn configure option does
not work
  - #123259 - "Remember Away Messages" spinbox not
connected to Apply button
  - #122362 - if contactlist.xml is missing,
contactlist is not downloaded while connecting to
MSN
  - #119390 - recieving a nudge says it comes from
me
  - #122269 - Jabber plugin crashes on connect
(fake transport accounts?)
  - #123615 - kopete shows wrong format of %time%
in themes from AduimXtras
  - #123000 - libkopete/avdevice compile error on
*BSD, some Linux without V4L2
  - #115772 - kopete crash after change my icq
status to online