pidgin-sipe is a third-party plugin for the Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger. It implements the extended version of SIP/SIMPLE used by various products:
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS 2007/2007 R2 and newer)
Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS 2003/2005)
Reuters Messaging
Features
Instant Messaging (IM)
Multiparty chat
Enhanced presence
Calendar integration with Exchange 2007/2010
Contact details information - company, phones, web site, etc.
pidgin-sipe is a third-party plugin for the Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger. It implements the extended version of SIP/SIMPLE used by various products:
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS 2007/2007 R2 and newer)
Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS 2003/2005)
Reuters Messaging
Features
Instant Messaging (IM)
Multiparty chat
Enhanced presence
Calendar integration with Exchange 2007/2010
Contact details information - company, phones, web site, etc.
Feature #2957811: add support for "automaton" class
Feature #2972823: fail on in-line variable declarations
Fixed #2971422: handle OCS 2005 idiosyncrasy of varying SIP URI case
Fixed #2981563: Authentication protocol v4 - invalid signature of some incoming messages containing P-Asserted-Identity or P-Preferred-Identity with uppercased SIP or TEL in URI.
Fixed publication/"409 Conflict" endless looping
Prepare for Pidgin 2.7.0
Added SVG icon artwork
Many changes to configure script. Be sure to look at "configure --help"
Many internal changes to prepare for non-purple backends
New build requirements: libxml2, glib-2.0 >= 2.12.0
New build option: gmime-2.4 >= 2.4.16 or gmime-2.6 >= 2.5.2 for non-purple backends
For people who like me don't grok M$ lingo: Access Levels means that you can set the privacy level for each buddy, i.e. what of your information he will be able to see.
Got a very silly question to ask, is it possible to set up/or for future feature, you can get VOIP working?
Version 1.11.0 is the first release with Audio & Video support.
But don't get you hope up too early. The current version depends on updates & fixes from other packages as explained in the README for the media patches. I don't expect to ever see this working on Maemo5, because those updates will likely never be made available on that platform.
Sipe can now retrieve calendar data (Meeting schedule/subject/location) from a web-enabled Lotus Domino server and publish it to OCS2007/LCS2005 as availability information.
Example: "Calendar: Currently Busy. Free at 11:30".
Team members (contacts with access level Team) will be able to see information about our current meeting (subject & location) (OCS2007)
First calendar update is scheduled 1 minute after connect,
Subsequent calendar updates happen in 30 minute intervals.
Manual calendar update can be triggered using the following menu: Accounts->{SIPE_ACCOUNT}->"Republish Calendar"
Though Domino integration can work without any additional settings in account configuration (on Windows), there are options to manually provide Domino Services URL and email address/password if it's different from SIP URI/Password settings on Basic tab.
Fixed #2971422: idle check for OCS2005 presence case
Fixed #2982424: krb5 build errors on FreeBSD
Fixed #2997639: pidgin crash after accepting cert
Fixed #3001523: Cancelling a long pending file transfer crashes Pidgin
Fixed #3002993: Group Name issues with ampersand
Fixed #3029228: Calendar published at/with incorrect time
Fixed #3029929: Crash with outlook 2k3 Calendar
Fix logout from OCS
Implement workaround for buddy list menu memory leaks
Dropped UDP transport support
Rewrote TCP & TLS transport support
HTTP improvements: GET, cookies
Alternative crypt/digest implementation based on NSS
Rewrote message debug log and implemented an analyzer script for it
More internal changes to prepare for non-purple backends
New translations: 'nl', 'sv', 'ar', 'hu', 'ja', 'ko', 'sv', 'zh_TW'
Added dependency with the libxml2-dev package in debian/control
Added dependency with libnss3-dev package in debian/control
Updated with Standards-Version 3.9.1
NOTE: if you have been plagued by frequent, random disconnects due to authentication/signature errors, then this update is for you as it fixes the long standing bug #2834758.
Unfortunately it seems no longer possible to compile pidgin plugins on Diablo, so this release is only available for Fremantle.
