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ICQ Login problems
It seems the ICQ servers has started to reject old clients. Several clients (included Licq) were blocked from logging on.
Latest SVN version (as of r6387) of Licq contains an update to allow Licq to log on again.
For users of Licq 1.3.4 or 1.3.5, the following patches should get you back online:
Login patch for Licq 1.3.4
Login patch for Licq 1.3.5
Patch instructions
1) Download and unpack Licq source
2) Go to licq directory and run "patch -p0 < licq-1.3.5-logonfix.patch"
3) Build as normal (./configure and make)
4) Install. (If you already had the same Licq version installed, just copying src/licq to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin should be enough.)
Translators Needed
Qt4-Gui has come a long way since it was branched of from the old Qt-Gui and is now stable enough to be included in the next release of Licq. However, all the changes, improvements and fixes also means that the translations have been affected and most of them are currently very out of date. Some of them needs to be updated for Qt-Gui as well.
Unless we get them up to date again, some of the translations will probably be dropped. But we would of course much rather see them updated and maintained. So if you would like to see Licq in your native language, your contribution would be very welcome.
For more information see this thread or join us in the Licq IRC channel.
Qt4-GUI moved to trunk
Qt4-GUI plugin is planed to be included in the next release and has thus been moved in svn. The new location is trunk/qt4-gui (was branches/qt-gui_qt4). See this mail for information on how to update your working copy.
Licq 1.3.5
We are happy to announce the final release of Licq 1.3.5. Read the release notes for the full list of bugs fixed/features added in this release. Then download it from the usual place and enjoy Licq 1.3.5!
Licq 1.3.5-rc3
Licq 1.3.5 release candidate 3 is now available. Please give it a good testing. If no major regressions are discovered we'll release the final version next week.
Get it from the usual place: as tarball or from subversion
Changes since rc2:
- Version is now set to 1.3.5.
- Fixed some memory leaks.
- Deactivated debug code for detecting deadlocks.
- Fixed window stickiness.
- Replaced the emoticon theme FeltTip3 with FeltTip4. FeltTip4 has more icons and a more GPL friendly license.
- Display a text string in the popup info if we're waiting for contact authorization.
- Fix to allow floaties for non-ICQ contacts.
- Updated translations.
The full release notes contains all changes for 1.3.5.
Licq 1.3.5-rc2
As planned, rc2 is now available. Get it from LicqDownload (or from svn http://svn.licq.org/svn/tags/licq-1_3_5_rc2/). Changes since rc1 include:
- Translation updates (Russian, Ukrainian, Swedish, German).
- Fixed build failure on FreeBSD.
- Made Send button be clickable with Enter keypress.
- Made all message type icons fall back to standard message type icon.
- Fixed crash upon changing auto-response (#1560).
If everything goes according to plan, rc3 will be released in one week and 1.3.5 in two.
Work in progress
It's been very quiet here for a while so here's an update on what's happened since 1.3.4:
Qt4-GUI
With Qt4 released the work is ongoing to port the Qt-GUI plugin to take advantage of the new Qt version.
The porting is almost done, the worst bugs seem to be gone and it's very usable so feel free to try it out and tell us what you think.
More information, current status and how to get it up and running can be found on the Qt-GUI Plugin page.
Licq 2.0
ICQ is far from the only IM protocol out there and even though MSN support was added in Licq 1.3 it was added on top of a one-protocol implementation.
Licq 2.0 is a rewrite of large parts of the code to improve handling of multiple protocols and provide a more flexible plugin interface.
The work on Licq 2.0 is still far from finished and when it's done the plugins will need to be adapted to the new plugin interface as well so don't expect this just yet.
Licq 1.3
Even though it's more fun to work on the new stuff, we've still managed to fix some bugs and make a few improvements on Licq 1.3.
Licq 1.3.5 is planned to be released later this year and will mostly be just a maintenance release.
For more information see the 1.3.5 Release Notes.
The Team
During the year, we've been joined by two new developers. We welcome Anders and Eugene on board.
/The Licq Team
Licq 1.3.4
We are happy to announce the final release of Licq 1.3.4! The pace of development has increased mainly due to Erik Johansson joining the team, and an increase of patch writers. So, without further ado I'd like to say thanks to the following people with this release:
- Patrick Cernko
- Peter Colberg
- Mitch Davis
- Quentin Denis
- Martin Garbe
- Ignatiy Goloviznin
- Christian Heim
- Daniel Hess
- Philipp Kolmann
- Danil Krivopustov
- Geoffrey Lee
- Roger Oksanen
- Eugene Paskevich
- Sebastian Renzi
- Arne Schmitz
- Joachim Staib
- Alexey Varjat
And to see what we have done with this release, please take a look at the detailed release notes at this URL: http://trac.licq.org/wiki/DeveloperArea/ReleaseNotes/1.3.4
The SourceForge? download links are at the bottom of this announcement, currently we only have source tarballs. If you want to contribute a binary, please send an e-mail to the Licq-Users mailing list.
Thanks to everyone and enjoy 1.3.4!
Jon and The Licq Team
1.3.4 RC3
Time for another RC. This time we have fixed a minor bug with lock files in RC2, as well a few possible crashes, some annoying bugs (leaving a blank window after all tabs were closed), and others as well. It is reccommended to use this version over 1.3.2, since many bugs have been fixed since then. And besides, we need you to find other problems! Here are the download links:
Licq 1.3.4 RC2
After getting some bugs fixed out of RC1, it is time for RC2. If you are still experiencing users going offline, you will need to send those users an authentication request and receive authentication to add them to your list. It's an issue with the protocol, so we cannot really fix it. In the future we will change the behaviour of unathorized users a bit to make it better. But for now, just ask for authentication. Here are the download links:
Detailed release notes will be made for the final release, which will hopefully be soon!
Licq 1.3.4 Release Candidate 1
Many bugs have been removed and new features have been added, so its that time for a new release! So, we're announcing Release Candidate 1 for testing. If you find any bugs, please create a new ticket.
Here are the 2 URLs for RC1 (see LicqDownload for mirrors):
The release notes can be found here: DeveloperArea/ReleaseNotes/1.3.4
