[KMess-devel] We need a 2.0.6.1

[Adam G. <ada...@gm...>]

All,

Long story short - lang_preference in the initial profile is set to 0
in some cases, which causes the dreaded disconnect bug again.

We need to roll out 2.0.6.1 to fix this new issue (which has been
fixed - 805b996). Since we've got no other changes in 2.0.x since
2.0.6 (apart from a couple of updated translations), I propose tagging
2.0.6.1 at 805b996 and releasing it ASAP (like, by this weekend). To
do this, I've created a local 2.0.6.1 tag and release tarball with
everything ready to go (CMakeLists, Doxyfile, NEWS, ChangeLog, etc).

If everyone is OK with it I'll push the new tag (and update the
website too); if someone can give me project access to SourceForge
(username: adamgoossens) I'll upload the tarball as well.

I've also drafted the release announcement for email. See below.

Comments? I want to get on this ASAP so we don't look as hopeless as
we did last time :)

-Adam.

--------------------------

February 17 2011 -- The KMess team announces today the availability of the
latest release of KMess: KMess 2.0.6.1, the newest version of the Live
Messenger (MSN) client, powered by the KDE platform. This release of KMess
addresses a critical issue discovered after 2.0.6 which prevented
successful login.

Here is a quick highlight of the changes in 2.0.6:

 * Added a fading effect when logging in
 * Fix crash when taking any action in the Contact Added User dialog
 * Fixed retrieval of display pictures from MSN storage
 * Fix bugs which prevented KMess from logging in, stating,
"connection has been lost"
 * Updated French translation
 * Updated Turkish translation
 * Updated Catalan translation
 * Updated German translation
 * Updated Japanese translation
 * Updated Spanish translation
 * Various other smaller updates and fixes...

The screenshots page [0] provides a detailed overview of what KMess looks
like.

You can find the source code at the downloads page [1], and binary
packages for various distributions will start flooding in soon.

Thanks to 28 volunteer translators, KMess is available in 19
languages. Other people, without whom this release would not be what
it is today, as well as the current members of the KMess team, are
listed on our People page [2].

Any remarks, notes, threats, treats, as well as bug reports can be
posted at our forums [3]. You can also send us messages using the
LikeBack client built into KMess, accessible via Help -> Send a
Comment to the Developers. We wish you a lot of fun and chatting with
KMess!

--
The KMess team

[0] http://kmess.org/screenshots/
[1] http://kmess.org/download/
[2] http://kmess.org/people/
[3] http://kmess.org/board/