News

2006-08-08: Third release candidate of the 0.4.x series

We finally fixed an issue causing desync, so we released the third release candidate of obby and Gobby today.

2006-04-11: First release candidate of the 0.4.x series

So after several days in which new bugs kept popping up we are now ready to release the first series of candidates for the 0.4.x branch. Most notably this release adds transport layer security (TLS) to the communication layer. It uses anonymous authentication, though, so the handling of certificates to verify the peer is yet to be implemented.

Again this release is completly incompatible with previous ones. But at least the protocol version check is still the same so you are properly disconnected on a version mismatch.

The changes include at least the following (you could possibly find more in the NEWS files of the packages):

net6 1.3.0rc1

• Encryption support through GNUTLS
• Allow the use of the net6 protocol with Unix domain sockets
• Send keep-alives to detect dropped clients

obby 0.4.0rc1

• Improved text handling through chunks
• Guarantee encrypted connections through the new net6 TLS facitity
• Document storage in memory reduced to one central copy which the application could provide through a template parameter
• Documents with the same name are suffixed with a number
• Removal of SHA1 and RSA routines, thus losing the GMP dependency
• New command subsystem

Gobby 0.4.0rc1

• Reduced CPU usage and memory footprint through the removal of one supplemental document copy
• Usability enhancements:
  • New button to close the chat window
  • Font types and sizes could now be set for the text editor from within Gobby
  • Documents could now be switched using Ctrl-Alt-Page-Down and Ctrl-Alt-Page-Up
  • Subscribe button is deactivated after it has been hit once for a document
  • Documents with the same name are suffixed with a number
  • Dialogs to host and join sessions are respawned if the attempt failed
  • URLs are now clickable on Windows, OS X and when compiled with Gnome support
  • Emotes through /me
  • Documents could be opened via file associations and the command line interface into the currently running session

Sobby 0.4.0rc1

• XML-based configuration files are now supported (at arbitarary locations)
• Configuration files could be written by Sobby with all options passed on the command line to ease their initial creation
• Command subsystem added:
  • Commands could be issues from Gobby's chat console via /command
  • Removal of documents is implemented through /remove <documentname>

2006-04-07: Hey Spammers

Spammers will be blocked by netblock for at least 30 days (no automatic expiry, though). If you are affected and blocked from this site (oh, you wouldn't be able to read this then), just contact us. You'll find a way and we'll unblock you. Don't forget to state your IP.

2006-03-29: Finally made the switch

We finally switched to the tracker as Gobby's primary website. Thanks to Tom for the help with porting the old content and graphics. And shhht: There will be a new Gobby revision real soon now, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Armin.

2006-02-21: New appearance of our tracker

Thanks to Thomas Glatt this tracker has got a new, shiny appearance and will replace the formerly separate site of Gobby as soon as possible. This will ease our task to keep you up-to-date with information.

2006-02-20: TLS now working

TLS encryption is now implemented into net6. It still needs some refactoring and cleanup but this is a major step on the way to its next major revision. This will enable Gobby to transmit documents and changes to them securely.

2005-12-08: Release: Gobby 0.3.0, obby 0.3.0, net6 1.2.2, Sobby 0.3.0

Please look at the ReleaseNotes for more information about this release announcement.

2005-11-27: Being productive with Gobby

An impressive example of how Gobby supports artwork shows us our user KnX:

http://darcs.0x539.de/trac/obby/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/attachment/wiki/Uploads/gobby-skater.png?format=raw

Thanks, Knx, for this screenshot!

2005-11-27: Gobby 0.3.0rc3, obby 0.3.0rc3, Sobby 0.3.0rc3, net6 1.2.1

Warm up your nonalcoholic punch and let the release candidate release party begin :D. Yesterday, we released Gobby 0.3.0rc3, obby 0.3.0rc3, Sobby 0.3.0rc3 and net6 1.2.1.

The changes:

net6 1.2.1

• Gettext handling changes, update is required: It is now possible to translate strings in the header files.

obby 0.3.0rc3

• Document creations are now logged
• GCC 3.3 compilation fixes
• Depends on net6 1.2.1 or newer versions out of the 1.2.x series

Gobby 0.3.0rc3

• Fixes for the Windows platform:
  • Tool windows
  • Drag'n'drop through OLE
  • Build fixes
  • Localisation
• Go to line functionality added
• Crash in Zeroconf support fixed
• Crash on empty configuration file fixed
• Source fixes for GCC 3.3 compatibility
• Saves on partitions different from the one /tmp resides on are now supported again
• Updated translations
• Depends on net6 1.2.1 or newer versions out of the 1.2.x series

Sobby 0.3.0rc3

• GCC 3.3 compilation fixes

2005-11-19: Gobby 0.3.0rc2

This is a Windows-only update which now contains drag'n'drop support, fixed tool windows and localisation. Download it directly from here: http://releases.0x539.de/gobby/gobby-0.3.0rc2.exe

2005-11-16: Release candidate release day: Gobby 0.3.0rc1, obby 0.3.0rc1, Sobby 0.3.0rc1, net6 1.2.0

We are again proud to present you our newest release candidate which got the codename "Firenze" assigned to by Armin, the lead developer.

Changelog (Director's cut):

net6 1.2.0

• This release is both API- and ABI-incompatible to the 1.1.x series.
• New boolean type added
• Heavily refactored through intensive use of templates
• MSVC8 build environment added
• Redesigned type concept with thread safety in mind
• New translations:
  • Swedish (complete), thanks to Daniel Nylander!
  • French (partial)

obby 0.3.0rc1

• This version is not protocol, ABI- or API compatible to the 0.2.x series!
• New merging algorithm (Jupiter)
• Session serialisation and restore, containing documents and chat messages
• PHP-based script to parse and visualise saved sessions
• MSVC8 build environment added
• New translations:
  • Catalan (partial)
  • Swedish (partial)

Gobby 0.3.0rc1

• This release depends on net6 1.2.0 and obby 0.3.0, it is not backwards-compatible protocol-wise to the 0.2.x series.
• No more pending changes due to the new merging algorithm
• Cursor is left-gravity now, which relieves some problems with newlines
• Joins are now threaded and thus abortable
• Connection status is displayed in the status bar
• Lines in the chat log are now wrapped to the display width
• Session serialisation and restore
• Name and colour could be changed directly when they are already in use
• User and document list are now separate windows, their position and state is preserved by default
• Close document now just unsubscribes from the document
• Scrollable document folder
• Search and replace
• New translations:
  • Swedish (complete)
  • Catalan (partial)
  • Chinese (partial)
  • Spanish (almost complete)

Sobby 0.3.0rc1

• Updated for obby 0.3.0
• Automatic save of serialised sessions (e.g. for web presentation through the script provided by "obby")
• Ability to restore saved session files

Get it from the usual location.

2005-09-06: Gobby 0.2.2 - General bugfix release

This is a bugfix release entirely protocol compatible to the 0.2.x series and does only affect Gobby. One crash, one charset issue and the line endings of loaded files on Windows were fixed. Addtionally a Spanish translation by Mario Palomo was added. Please upgrade.

2005-08-15: Gobby 0.2.1 - Bugfix release for Microsoft Windows platform

This is a bugfix release only for Microsoft Windows. It fixes a segmentation fault when joining a session and now runs on processors without SSE2. Please upgrade!

2005-07-30: Release day - gobby-0.2.0, obby-0.2.0, net6-1.1.0

We are proud to present you our newest release. It contains many new features, most of them visible to you. However, please consider this a beta release which might still contain some bugs as we were not able to test it enough due to time constraints. So ... what' new then?

net6 1.1.0

• Numeric error code transmission
• Compilation fixed for FreeBSD
• More dynamic type system
• Internationalisation through GNU gettext
• This release is both API- and ABI-incompatible to the 1.0.x series

obby 0.2.0

• Better win32 network handling
• Many internal improvements
• Document synchronisation on request
• Global session passwords
• Basic user authentication to protect the nickname
• Localisation through GNU gettext
• Optional support for Zeroconf
• Adjusted to the new features available in net6 (depends on 1.1.0)
• This version is not protocol compatible to 0.1.0!

Gobby 0.2.0

• Document subscriptions
• Global session passwords
• Basic user authentication to protect the nickname
• Preferences pane
• Zeroconf support
• Colour presets
• Colour changes from within the session
• Auto indentation
• Drag'n'drop of documents into the session
• Create document works without a delay
• Better Win32 network handling
• This version is not backwards-compatible to 0.1.0 due to heavy changes within obby. It depends on obby 0.2.0 and net6 1.1.0.

Sobby-0.2.0

• Initial release

2005-06-13: obby mailing lists

There are two mailing lists available for the obby project.

• obby-announce: New releases of net6, obby and Gobby are announced here. This list is moderated.
• obby-users: Discussion about installing or using net6, obby and Gobby belongs into this list.

2005-06-07: Gobby 0.1.1 released

Gobby 0.1.1 is a bugfix release which includes the missing gobby.desktop file.