Software Update: KMess 1.4.3

YaPP informed us that version 1.4.3 of KMess, the MSN Messenger client for Linux users, has been released. This version contains a number of bug fixes that until now were only found in the development versions. With version 1.4.3, end users and distribution makers can move forward again before the major changes in the pipeline for version 1.5 are fully finished and tested. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

This is the summary of changes between KMess 1.4.3 and 1.4.2.

• fixed a crash occurring when resuming a chat.
• fixed a crash at quit, caused in ContactAction disconnect code.
• fixed compilation error for KDE 3.5.1 (KURLLabel::setSizePolicy() API changed).
• fixed receiving files from Mercury Messenger, KMess responsed with an incorrect Content-Type field.
• fixed .Net messenger service status URL (was changed again).
• fixed two issues with certain unexpected MSNP2P packets:
  • Bot2K3 4.1 sends the first ACK without flags.
  • Encarta Instant Answers sends the data preparation message with the data flag set.
• fixed missing MSNP2P ack packets, accidently emulated a bug of MSN 7.0.
• fixed chat messages with links and emoticons (this is only a temporary fix)
  • This fix disables emoticons in a chat message when there are links in the message too.
  • As of 1.5 we can include a better the message parser/formatter which handles emoticons+links the right way.
• removed /debian folder as requested by Debian packagers (KMess is in Debian unstable now).
• removed –enable-phone, option is still not fully operational (needs to be replaced with libkcall).
• changed chat window statusbar to show by default, so it’s more obvious why the contact picture lights up.
• added detection of https:// links
• added the (0) symbol for the clock emoticon.
• added contact status and picture to contact list tooltip.

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