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debian/licq.git mirror on Gitorious

Erik Johansson — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:23:14 +0000

To get better speed and a backup I’ve set up a mirror of debian/licq.git on Gitorious.org.

I don’t really know the best way to do this, but I did it by adding the following line to hooks/post-update:

git push --mirror git@gitorious.org:licq/debian.git

This way the mirror will always be updated when I push to the “real” repository.

Get it by running

% gbp-clone --pristine-tar git://gitorious.org/licq/debian.git

or clone it on Gitorious and send me merge requests

Compiler bug

Erik Johansson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:49:05 +0000

To see if Licq would build without warnings with gcc 4.5 I tried to build Licq trunk with the latest gcc-snapshot in Debian today. Three warnings were quickly fixed but a bigger problem was that the unit test hung; something which doesn’t happen with earlier gcc.

After some digging it turned out to be a problem with locking. A mutex was never unlocked when returning in the exception handler. This was very strange as the unlocking should be done by the MutexLocker destructor.

I was able to reproduce the problem with a simple test program so I concluded that it was indeed a compiler bug and reported it: Destructor not called when returning in exception handler.

Not every day you get to find a compiler bug…

/me is the new Debian maintainer for Licq

Erik Johansson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:01:01 +0000

Update 2010-10-30: Changed the initial setup to use gbp-clone.

I’m now officially the maintainer of Licq’s Debian packages. Since I’m not a real Debian maintainer, I’m very grateful to Joel Rosdahl who is my sponsor.

Version 1.3.8-1 is coming to a mirror near you as I write this.

The package source is kept in my git repository. To build the package from the git repository, install git-buildpackage and pristine-tar then follow the instructions below.

Initial setup:

% gbp-clone --pristine-tar git://git.ejohansson.se/debian/licq.git

~~% git clone git://git.ejohansson.se/debian/licq.git licq % cd licq licq % git checkout -b pristine-tar origin/pristine-tar licq % git co master~~

To build the latest version:

licq % git-buildpackage --git-export-dir=../build-area

To build a specific version:

licq % git-buildpackage --git-export-dir=../build-area --git-export=debian/1.3.8-1

The final packages will be available in ../build-area.

Later on when you wish to update:

licq % git pull
licq % git-buildpackage ...

The next version will have qt4-gui.

Licq 1.3.7-rc1

Erik Johansson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:36:08 +0000

Licq 1.3.7-rc1 was announced a few days ago. To quote the announcement:

Licq 1.3.7 contains many bugfixes, and several new features in the Qt4-Gui such as spell checking and configurable keyboard shortcuts.

Download it from the usual place.

Licq 1.3.5 final

Erik Johansson — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:40:07 +0000

The final release of Licq 1.3.5 was just announced.

From the release note:

Save the “Send through server” option to disk.
Fixed bugs that caused Licq to leak memory.
Fixed a bug where Licq would crash on authorization requests from new users.
Added code (disabled by default) to help find locking issues that could cause Licq to hang and fixed the bugs that were discovered.
Made Licq buildable with GCC 4.3.
Updated autotools and friends.
Use gdb if it’s installed to generate a better backtrace if Licq crashes.
Display a dialog informing the user how to report the bug in case Licq crashes.
ICQ: Fixed sending capabilities.
ICQ: Fixed setting security settings (Require authorization, Show web presence).
Qt/KDE: New emoticons theme FeltTip4.
Qt/KDE: New “Date format” option for customizing date and time in message and history windows.
Qt/KDE: The local time of contacts can be displayed in contact list and popup information.
Qt/KDE: Made the history layout configurable.
Qt/KDE: New option to use double return instead of Ctrl+Return for sending and in input dialogs.
Qt/KDE: Skins can now set a separate background color for group headings in the contact list (parameter colors.groupBack).
Qt/KDE: Tabs in chatdialog can be closed by middle clicking on them.
Qt/KDE: Removed all Qt2 support.
Qt/KDE: Open links in a new tab when using Opera.
Qt/KDE: Made the standard group names translatable.
Qt/KDE: Added %M modifier to print number of pending messages (if any).
Qt/KDE: Popup information shows if contact is not authorized yet.
Qt/KDE: Floaties are now saved properly for non-ICQ contacts.

Download and enjoy!

Licq 1.3.5-rc1

Erik Johansson — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:20:02 +0000

The first release candidate is now available. See the announcement and read the release notes. And don’t forget to report all bugs you find.

Licq 1.3.4 final

Erik Johansson — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:10:54 +0000

Licq 1.3.4 was released not more than four hours ago. Take a look at the release notes and then download it while it’s hot.

As always, there’s a lot of bug fixes and new features. My personal favourite is a rather simple, but useful, new feature: the ability to switch tab using the mouse wheel. But then, I might be a bit biased since I wrote it myself It was my first contribution to Licq and one of the reasons I’m now a Licq developer.

The sayings “It’s the small things in life” and “Scratching an itch” are oh so true.

Licq 1.3.4 Release Candidate 1

Erik Johansson — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:32:30 +0000

Licq 1.3.4 RC1 has been announced. Try it now and make sure that the next release of your favourite instant messaging client becomes the best ever. Report all bugs by creating a new ticket at http://trac.licq.org.

Join us on #licq on chat.freenode.net if you wish to chat directly with the developers or just hang out with the friendly Licq users.

Yours truly, a.k.a. erijio on freenode.