3 Date: November 7th, 2009
6 Justin Karneges (2001-2004, 2009-current)
10 Kevin Smith (2004-2009)
12 http://www.kismith.co.uk/
15 For installation or compiling instructions, see the INSTALL file.
17 This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See
18 the COPYING file for more information.
23 The following are known issues with this release:
24 Issues with Qt 4.5.0: Hang on exit, hang when using GnuPG.
25 Issues with QCA <2.0.2 + Qt 4.5: Hang on exit.
26 Issues with qca-gnupg <2.0.0-beta3 + Qt 4.5: Hang when using GnuPG.
32 * QCA 2.x is required to build Psi: a version is bundled with Psi.
33 * The qca-ossl and qca-gnupg plugins are desirable for full
37 * The PsiMedia 1.0.x plugin and the qca-ossl plugin are needed to activate
38 the voice calling feature. Source and builds of PsiMedia can be found
40 http://delta.affinix.com/psimedia/
41 On Windows, place gstprovider.dll into the base directory.
42 On Mac, place libgstprovider.dylib into Psi.app/Contents/plugins
43 On Linux, place libgstprovider.so into LIBDIR/psi/plugins
45 - Upgrading to 0.12 --
46 * During the upgrade process, the old config.xml configuration file will
47 be imported into the new option.xml format. Neither file should now be
48 edited by hand, since all options are exposed in the options window.
49 Config.xml can be safely removed once the upgrade is complete.
52 * Always use the latest version of GnuPG.
53 * On Windows, use a native build instead of one based on cygwin, and make
54 sure it is properly installed in the registry.
55 * Ensure 'gpg' actually works, by testing it from the command-line.
56 * You must have a public and secret keyring. Psi cannot operate
57 without them, and they must be there when you start it.
63 - Added color options to the chat window.
64 - Can now specify a reason for kick/ban in groupchat.
65 - Improved User Info window, to show more fields and photo view/save.
66 - Support for Enchant as an alternative to Aspell.
67 - Commandline interface now supports choosing profile and setting status.
68 - D-BUS interface now supports setting status and indicating sleep/wake.
69 - Fixed voice calling compatibility bugs with Pidgin and Empathy.
70 - Various other minor improvements and bugfixes.
73 - Voice calls (Jingle RTP).
74 - Basic XMPP URI handler.
75 - Ability to permanently trust certificates at connect time.
76 - Mini command system (Ctrl+7 in chat window).
80 - Bugfix for DOS vulnerability in the file transfer code.
81 Thanks to Jesus Olmos (jolmos@isecauditors.com)
84 - Multi-user chat windows now join one on one chat windows and can be opened
85 in tabbed form, either sharing a window, or separately.
86 - The roster search has been updated, and now triggers a filter when typing
87 into the roster window.
88 - An XML ringbuffer is now used, allowing access to already received XML in
90 - When resolving a name for new contacts, the full name is now used if the
91 nick name is missing from the vcard.
92 - Auto-connect on wake is now an independent option.
93 - MUCs can now be bookmarked, and auto-joined.
94 - The old config.xml file has been dropped in favour of the new options.xml
95 format - all options in Psi can now be configured from the Advanced
96 options pane (no more hand-editing of config files is required).
97 - Vcard avatars are now transmitted for the benefit of legacy clients and
98 servers not supporting PEP.
99 - A new diagnostics group is available in the help menu, to allow debugging
100 problems with the QCA security layer.
101 - Launching several instances of the same profile on Windows and Unices with
102 DBUS now behaves more sensibly.
103 - On X11, the taskbar should now flash on new messages for compliant
107 - Reworked account registration process (including proper support for
108 XEP-0077 (In-band registration))
109 - Finished support for XEP-0004 (Data Forms) by supporting forms in
110 messages. (thanks to Roelof Naude)
111 - Added support for XEP-0070 (Verifying HTTP Requests via XMPP).
112 Thanks to Maciej Niedzielski.
113 - Customizable shortcuts (thanks to Ephraim)
114 - System-wide shortcuts
115 - Added spell checking (thanks to Ephraim).
116 Currently only aspell is supported.
117 - Added option to automatically set the resource (using the hostname)
118 - Added new default Stellar3 iconset
119 - Added support for XEP-138 (Stream Compression)
120 - Added support for using XEP-33 (Extended Stanza Addressing) to multicast
121 messages to multiple users. Use option.enable-multicasting to enable it.
122 - Added 'Show status message' toggle. There is a hidden option to put
123 status messages under the nickname (at the cost of 2 extra pixels
124 when no status message is shown)
125 - Support for Bookmark Storage (XEP-0048), where bookmarked conferences are
126 auto-joined. No UI is provided for creating bookmarks (yet).
127 - Better error messages, including error condition mappings (XEP-0086)
128 - Support dynamically changing priority
129 - Improved PGP error messages
130 - Hiding the deprecated protocol selector for service discovery by default.
131 Use option.ui.show-deprecated.service-discovery.protocol-selector to
133 - New options system (see options.xml)
134 - Receiving support for vCard-Based Avatars (XEP-0153)
135 - Support for Multi-User-Chat (XEP-0045)
136 - Preliminary support for User Nickname (XEP-0172)
137 - Preliminary support for Roster Item Exchange (XEP-0144)
138 - Psi now uses the Qt4(>=4.3) and QCA2 libraries, replacing the Qt3 and QCA1
140 - "Privacy List" support in the account dialog.
141 - Support for XEP-0050 (Ad-hoc commands)
142 - Preliminary support for XEP-0163 (Personal Eventing Protocol)
143 - Preliminary support for XEP-0146 (Remote Controlling Clients)
144 - Large parts of the codebase have been restructured.
145 - Fixed a chat room bug where subject/topic changes were not shown.
146 - Mac OS X builds are now universal binaries, supporting the new Intel
148 - Support for XEP-85 (Chat State Notifications).
149 - Support for XEP-0115 (Entity Capabilities).
150 - There is now a config.xml option to make some windows use the brushed
151 metal theme on Mac OS X.
152 - Window opacity support is now present for all three supported platforms.
153 - Fixed Unicode URL opening bug #510
154 - Auto-reconnect accounts on wakeup
155 - Copy-pasting with emoticons now works
156 - Fixed issue #263 where emoticons would disappear in a reply or quote
157 - History index is rebuilt faster
158 - Configure toolbars merged into main preferences dialog
160 - MingW32 compiler support (Coupled with the open source Qt4 Windows library
161 this now allows completely free building of Psi on Windows)
167 Psi is a capable Jabber client aimed at experienced users. Its design
168 goals are simplicity and stability. Psi is highly portable and runs on
169 Windows, Unix/X11, and Mac OS X.
171 The interface is very ICQ-like. Alerts appear in the contact list when
172 events are received, and things like subscriptions requests appear as
173 "system messages" (ICQ users know these well). Even "Chats" are
174 queued in the contact list. Also, chats are "remembered" by default,
175 so that you don't have to keep a bunch of windows open for each person.
176 Just close the chat window. If you open it again it will all be there.
178 Psi is minimal but powerful. There are keybindings for just about
179 everything, Unicode is supported throughout, and contacts are cached
180 offline. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi provides it for
181 both client-to-server (SSL) and client-to-client (GnuPG).
189 We like comments, even (especially) if they are a simple thanks.
193 If you want to help us out, please file a bug report on our forum at
194 http://forum.psi-im.org/forum/2 for release versions, or email us a bug
195 report to the development mailing list for development builds, details at:
196 http://lists.affinix.com/listinfo.cgi/psi-devel-affinix.com
197 Please be as descriptive as possible and tell us what exactly you were doing
198 at the time something went wrong. If possible, send us a stack backtrace.
202 We can't possibly know what everyone wants, so we appreciate all feature
203 requests. These can be submitted to http://forum.psi-im.org/forum/4
207 Psi should be very portable. Please e-mail us first if you want to
208 port Psi to another platform.
212 There are many ways to contribute to the Psi project, if you think you can
213 do a better job with any of the Psi graphics, then go right ahead!
217 Same goes for sound. Start mixing!
221 Patches are welcome. External tools would be useful as well, like Licq
222 conversion utilities (iconsets, message history, etc). Get to work!
226 Want to make an RPM or something?
230 You can send a paypal gift if you'd like, to donate@psi-im.org