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Gaim Releases Version 1.0.0
bfree writes "Congratulations to all in the gaim team as they release for download version 1.0.0 (changelog). For those who don't know what gaim is, you could read the full answer on their site but for the lazy: 'Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks.' Gaim is also the 2nd most active project on Sourceforge and the 4th most popular on Freshmeat and seemingly all round #1 Free IM client!"
"No!" -- Anonymous Fire Developer ;-)
They don't care.
But a version 1 implies no more bugs, wil there be no bugs in GAIM??
yes, there will NEVER be any bugs in GAIM, EVER!! Even when Yahoo purposely breaks their protocol again, the super hyper gaim fairies will magically fix connectivity for you. We are blessed!
I won't be happy until 1.0.0.0 comes out...hopefully that will fix the nasty "version number isn't obfuscated enough" bug.
Yeah :( I get so many offers from girls wanting me to watch them on their cams, that it sometimes almost pains me to have to disappoint them.
"No, cos I'm not using MSN."
"No, I can talk to you cos I'm using a different client."
"No, I can't download the Windows version."
"Because I'm not running Windows."
"Because I don't want to."
"No, not running a Mac either."
"The spawn of the devil - Linux."
"Hello?"
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Because Kopete went to 0.9 recently?
A few months ago one of my friends in Canada wanted to flash me her tits, so I downloaded gaim-vv and started compiling it. This process ended up costing me three days, six comments on their message boards, and a lot of stress. AIM video chat wasn't implemented yet and MSN didn't work for me, but Yahoo did. In fact, Yahoo! video chat worked perfectly. Many kittens died as a direct result of this.
Gaim-vv has about 6 months until it's perfected, IMO. Meanwhile, the gaim authors could have spent that time polishing the program to a shine. Reverse engineering the AIM protocol to the point where file transfer works as well in gaim as it does in AIM would be a good start. It's very close to feeling complete and professional, it just needs about what, six months worth of work to really polish it up?
But no, it's necessary to jump to 1.0.0 due to 0.83.1 or whatever breaking the normal release numbering system, as noted above. They could have took the time to polish it to a shine that makes you go blind, and have support for video chat to boot. Then they could have released that as 1.0 and create a nice big splash. But no, they chose to release it as 1.0.0 now, "just because".
Why must Free Software continue to shoot itself in the foot like this? *sigh*
But by the time you emerge sync I could have already downloaded/configured/made/and installed gaim on my Slackware box. Of course, if you just download the individual ebuild, it'd be close.
I love gaim, and I use it every day, but man it confuses me sometimes. How are you supposed to pronounce it? A bunch of people at work use it, and mention it sometimes in telephone conversations, pronouncing it "game", which I guess is correct (or is it (GEE-AIM?). Sample confusing usage:
THEM: Do you have gaim?
ME: What game? I have lots of games.
OR
THEM: Send me a message, I've got gaim.
ME: So... you want me to send you a message about playing some basketball? You got game?
And so on. How do other people combat this conversational conundrum?!
Visit the Game Programming Wiki!
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And who said Kopeting OSS projects wasn`t good ;).
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