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Matt Tucker

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Sep 8, 2006 10:45 AM

3.1 Release Update

Hey all,

I''m dissapointed to say that the we decided not to bring out the 3.1 release yesterday. The beta is looking very solid so far. However, there are a few additional features that we really want to get into the release and we also want to make sure that stability is high. Features that are left to implement:

Full set of LDAP changes. A lot of good fixes are in place, but work on LDAP as part of the setup process is not yet done.

Gateway support. Daniel is make great progress and the beta will be out very soon, but we''d like to time the beta and final releases more closely to one another so that 3.1 can make a bigger splash.

So, what''s the new time frame? Our best guess is either two weeks from now or three weeks from now for a final release. We''ll have at least one more beta release before then to track progress and will keep posting updates.

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Matt

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Sep 8, 2006 12:06 PM

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Joseph

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Sep 8, 2006 12:45 PM

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Do you expect it to be earlier. I really need the plugins.

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wroot

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Sep 8, 2006 1:09 PM

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Matt, just dont think of any new features till then. Cause we want to see 3.1.0 after all

LG, you da artist !

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Sep 8, 2006 1:19 PM

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Lol,

Wildfire is very popular and http://www.smiliegenerator.com/ has them all, also

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Matt Tucker

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Sep 8, 2006 1:34 PM

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Heh, I think I like the first smiley picture more. Wildfire 3.1 is a bit delayed, but it will be a release we''ll be proud of.

-Matt

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Patrick Siu

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Sep 10, 2006 10:01 PM

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But the LDAP setup feature would be a really cool thing!

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Daniel Henninger

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Sep 10, 2006 10:06 PM

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Indeed! The LDAP work is looking great!

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numE

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Sep 11, 2006 10:11 AM

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is multiple domain / virtual domain support on the 3.1 roadmap?

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Aznidin

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Sep 11, 2006 10:44 AM

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How I wish that were the case too, but unfortunately it isn''t. Afaik, it''s in the road map of the enterprise version. For open source version, if ever there would, it''ll probably be in version 10, or maybe Matt has the a more definitive answer

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Matt Tucker

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Sep 11, 2006 10:52 AM

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aznidin wrote:

Actually, it''s not in either roadmap yet. My guess is that if/when we do add virtual domain support, it would be part of Open Source, but then we might have some value-add tools for it in Enterprise.

Regards,

Matt

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DreadWingKnight

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Sep 8, 2006 10:18 PM

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I''m definetly looking forward to the gateways. It could potentially mean that I''d only have a single network im client instead of multi.

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wroot

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Sep 9, 2006 5:38 AM

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DreadWingKnight wrote:

It could potentially mean that I''d only have a single network im client instead of multi.

Yes we are hoping to get rid of some part of legacy clients. That''s MSN, Yahoo, ICQ. But we have a large Skype users group also.

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starry99

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Sep 9, 2006 2:59 PM

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Hello!

Does this mean 3.1 will tackle Skype integration?

Bye

Starry

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Daniel Henninger

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Sep 9, 2006 3:52 PM

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chuckle No there aren''t plans for it, but there does appear to be a java API available, so it''s not completely outside the realm of possibilities. That said, skype is more audio focused than text chat focused isn''t it? Right now the IM Gateway is focusing on text based.

Anyway, if there is interest I''d be happy to create a jira issue and look into it. (again, keeping in mind that it''ll likely only do the text chat aspect of it)

-update- I looked over the APIs a tad and well... they all appear to need a compiled counterpart, thereby making it quite difficult to distribute nicely alongside the IM Gateway plugin. =/ sigh. Looks like no one has implement a 100% written in Java API for skype. If anyone happens to see one, let me know.

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Andreas Monitzer

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Sep 9, 2006 5:21 PM

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AFAIK all Skype APIs require the Skype application to be running on the host. Due to the encryption, the protocol hasn''t been cracked yet, and Skype itself doesn''t want to reveal it (security by obscurity at its best).

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Daniel Henninger

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Sep 10, 2006 12:21 PM

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=( yeah, that''s what I was seeing too. sad news.

I might regret saying this, but what other IM networks might folk be interested in?

Right now I am working with:

AIM

ICQ

MSN

IRC

Yahoo

I''m not saying I''m automatically going to do all suggestions, but I am interested to hear what else folk might be interested in.

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Sep 10, 2006 2:11 PM

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Hi,

I wonder which other IM networks do exist: MS LCS, IBM Sametime or general SIP IM.

An included 2-way email-gateway would be fine, even JS Forum offers an option to post replies via email.

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Alvaro R

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Sep 10, 2006 5:47 PM

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I would really like IBM Sametime support,it has a Java API that might help. But then again it is not critical for me, I just would like to ditch gaim in favor of a pure jabber only client Spark or Pandiom.

for what is worth, here the link to their API

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/downloads/toolkits.html

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Matt Tucker

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Sep 10, 2006 6:17 PM

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alvarow,

Rumor has it that IBM is working on an XMPP gateway. Hopefully we''ll see it soon, as that would be the ideal way to interact with Sametime.

-Matt

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Daniel Henninger

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Sep 10, 2006 7:39 PM

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Hey, good to know. =) From what I can see of their java toolkits though, they appear to be "win only". I don''t see any flat out universal java. My guess is they''re using . what is it.. JSI? (is that the thing where they put a java front end on c++, c, whatever code?)

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Alvaro R

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Sep 11, 2006 6:25 PM

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Matt, Sametime might not live long on company (at least on my division) after all, its been a few months I am running wildfire, and I started to push for Jabber (Wildfire more precisely) adoption instead of Sametime, it seems that I had some success, and they asked me to setup a wildfire on the division office for them to try it out... maybe we turn into customers, who knows

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