[OTR-dev] 4.0.0-rc3 ready to roll. Please try it out!

[Thibaut VARENE]

Quick silly question:

should it be packaged as "libotr3", being protocol v3 (which was
apparently in line with what was done for 3.x), or "libotr5", being
sonumber 5 (which is what distros recommend)?

Thanks

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Ian Goldberg <ian at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:
> OK, 4.0.0-rc3 is ready.
>
> **Please give it a try, and give feedback!**
>
> (Packagers: don't yet distribute it, but do check that it builds with
> your packaging system -- especially the new gcc/ld-hardening
> CFLAGS/LDFLAGS.  Do note that the libotr so major number is now 5.)
>
> Barring major showstoppers, the plan is that this is what will go out as
> 4.0.0, hopefully at the end of the week.
>
> Source tarballs:
>
> http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/libotr-4.0.0-rc3.tar.gz
> http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/libotr-4.0.0-rc3.tar.gz.asc
>
> http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/pidgin-otr-4.0.0-rc3.tar.gz
> http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/pidgin-otr-4.0.0-rc3.tar.gz.asc
>
> Git:
>
> http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/4.0.0-rc3
> http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/pidgin-otr;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/4.0.0-rc3
>
> [You need to upgrade both libotr and pidgin-otr to 4.0.0-rc3; they're
> both incompatible with earlier versions -- even with 4.0.0-rc1.]
>
> Windows installer:
>
> http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/binaries/windows/pidgin-otr-4.0.0-0-rc3.exe
> http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/binaries/windows/pidgin-otr-4.0.0-0-rc3.exe.asc
>
>
> The Windows binary is built with a little bit of libotr debugging
> enabled (-DOTRL_DEBUGGING=1).  If you start pidgin from a console, and
> type "?OTR!" into a conversation window, it will dump some information
> about the current ConnContext (no decryption keys, though).  If you type
> "?OTR!!", it will dump information about *all* ConnContexts.  This
> functionality will be removed for the 4.0.0 final release.
>
> Thanks!
>
>    - Ian