Jive Messenger Changelog

2.3.0 Beta 1 -- October 8, 2005

New Features

[JM-416] - Creation of connections to remote servers is now asynchronous.
[JM-411] - SASL authentication is now offered before TLS is negotiated.
[JM-417] - Value of 'to' attribute of stream headers is now validated.
[JM-252] - Added Spanish translation. Thanks to Jorge Merlino.
[JM-403] - Added support for setting time zone.
[JM-421] - Converted admin console to use Sitemesh. (1 vote)
[JM-365] - Added support for PNG plugin icons. (1 vote)
[JM-409] - Connection timeout to remote servers is now configurable. (1 vote)
[JM-408] - Upgraded to JDK 1.5.0_05.

Bug Fixes

[JM-204] - Installer no longer overwrites keystore or config file. (4 votes)
[JM-383] - Default port used for server dialback is now configurable. (1 vote)
[JM-406] - Route to subdomains of remote servers was not being removed.
[JM-407] - Remote servers were not able to connect to subdomains of the local server.
[JM-410] - Server identity updated to follow Jabber Registrar.
[JM-413] - Trillian was not able to authenticate using SASL.
[JM-415] - Sending packets from a subdomain to a remote server was not working.
[JM-418] - An error is now returned when it is not possible to send packets to remote servers.
[JM-422] - Broken connections could freeze the server.
[JM-423] - The returned size in bytes of offline messages of a user could be incorrect. Thanks to Conor Hayes.
[JM-427] - Users of remote servers could incorrectly appear in share groups.
[JM-428] - Remote users could broadcast messages faking local users.

2.3.0 Alpha 1 -- September 12, 2005

New Features

[JM-387] - Added TLS support for client sessions. Thanks to Hao Chen.
[JM-7] - Added SASL support and resource binding for client sessions. Thanks to Hao Chen. (7 votes)
[JM-388] - Added Session Establishment support.
[JM-201] - Added support for PAM authentication. (4 votes)
[JM-347] - Added session event support. Thanks to Conor Hayes.

Bug Fixes

[JM-385] - Fixed exception in Roster when contact has no username. Thanks to Nathan Palmer.
[JM-389] - Fixed jive-messengerd script to have unix line endings. (1 vote)
[JM-390] - Fixed sessions summary page to show its inline help.
[JM-392] - Fixed exception when removing the same item from the roster twice. Thanks to Nathan Palmer.

2.2.1 -- September 1, 2005

New Features

[JM-274] - Added POP3 authentication. Thanks to Sean Meiners.
[JM-374] - Added inline help to the admin console.
[JM-363] - Updated database libs to the latest releases.

Bug Fixes

[JM-357] - Fixed problem when loading group properties whose key or value was null.
[JM-359] - Fixed case sensitive problem that prevented loading of plugins. (3 votes)
[JM-360] - Fixed parsing of dates that may freeze the server.
[JM-361] - When s2s is disabled, the server will no longer attempt to send packets to remote servers.
[JM-364] - Reading XML using SAXParser was not thread safe. (1 vote)
[JM-366] - Handling of offline messages was using a 0-12 hour format.
[JM-368] - Import and export users plugin now uses complete roster item JID instead of just the JID's node.
[JM-371] - Fixed messengerHome location code.
[JM-372] - Fixed Packet.getError() to return correct XML.
[JM-375] - Fixed packet routing between components.
[JM-376] - The bin/extra directory was missing for the Unix builds.
[JM-378] - Added escaping of usernames in LdapGroupProvider
[JM-380] - Added validation of IP address in accept list. (1 vote)
[JM-381] - IQ packets with node or resource not null may now be routed to components.
[JM-377] - Changed ldap.posixEnabled to ldap.posixMode.

2.2.0 -- August 2, 2005

New Features

[JM-5] - Added support for external components. (3 votes)
[JM-6] - Added server to server (S2S) support. (28 votes)
[JM-8] - Added support for JEP-0013, better offline messages. (2 votes)
[JM-71] - Added support for application server deployments. (1 vote)
[JM-129] - LDAP groups are now supported. (14 votes)
[JM-154] - Added the ability to restrict anonymous connections. (1 vote)
[JM-172] - Added property listeners.
[JM-225] - Add support for reserved nicknames in MUC. (3 votes)
[JM-234] - Added a servlet to show online status. (1 vote)
[JM-300] - Plugin readme and changelog files are now shown in the admin console.
[JM-308] - Room registration can now be deactivated. (1 vote)
[JM-311] - Added support for JEP-0012: Last Activity.
[JM-312] - Messages sent to the server hostname can now be forwarded to a configurable set of JID's.
[JM-313] - Improved behavior for rejection of messages by PacketInterceptors. (1 vote)
[JM-317] - Upgraded to the latest JVM release, 1.5.0_04.
[JM-319] - Added additional plugin meta-data.
[JM-320] - Enabling or modifying listeners ports no longer requires a server restart.
[JM-326] - The "rows per page" shown in the admin console is now saved.
[JM-328] - The folder for audit files is now configurable.
[JM-339] - The vCard backend storage module is now pluggable.
[JM-330] - Auditing of packets may ignore certain users
[JM-336] - Added support for child plugins.
[JM-340] - Invalid presence type is now a warning instead of an error.
[JM-350] - The AuthCheckFilter can now be configured programmatically.

Bug Fixes

[JM-125] - Password changes failed when inbound registration was disabled. (4 votes)
[JM-190] - Presence Subscriptions were not being cancelled when removing a roster item. (2 votes)
[JM-288] - Multiple unlimited roster auth requests are no longer allowed (fixes an issue with Psi). (1 vote)
[JM-301] - Increased the max size of the server name in the admin console.
[JM-302] - The System Properties field was truncated for large values.
[JM-309] - Fixed UserEventListner Javadocs.
[JM-310] - Fixed JEP-0082 (date/time profile) for a few cases. (1 vote)
[JM-315] - The Group constructor is now public, which makes writing GroupProvider implementations easier.
[JM-321] - Unloading plugins with JSP pages was failing.
[JM-327] - Clients sending an end of stream was not closing the connection
[JM-329] - Fixed an error when closing and establishing a new connection immediately.
[JM-332] - Fixed an error where closing a component connection caused an end of stream twice.
[JM-337] - Offline messages are no longer stored for remote users.
[JM-338] - Fixed vCard implementation, which was causing information to be lost or mixed up. (1 vote)
[JM-344] - Fixed LDAP group bugs. (2 votes)
[JM-346] - Use specific DiscoProviders when a disco request includes a node.
[JM-348] - Fixed problem with s2s when the remote hostname looked like a subdomain of the local host.
[JM-352] - Restricting logins was not handling IP addresses correctly.

2.1.5 -- June 14, 2005

New Features

[JM-307] - Added Portuguese-Brazilian translation of the admin console.

Bug Fixes

[JM-303] - Fixed SSL LDAP support.
[JM-304] - Fixed error when anonymous user changes his presence priority.
[JM-306] - GAIM SSL connections now work.

2.1.4 -- June 2, 2005

New Features

[JM-230] - Added support for JID escaping, which helps with LDAP. (1 vote)
[JM-273] - Added email service.
[JM-280] - Added support for discovering information about a user's bare JID address.
[JM-287] - Added French translation of the admin console.
[JM-289] - Added auto-refresh option to the session page. (2 votes)

Bug Fixes

[JM-268] - Improved drag and drop support in the launcher.
[JM-269] - Drag and drop installation of plugins was broken.
[JM-270] - Setting vCard data could fail.
[JM-271] - Fixed bug where adding a packet interceptor would cause IndexOutOfBoundsException
[JM-275] - vCard properties can now be deleted.
[JM-276] - Fixed concurreny problem when user connected from more than one resource.
[JM-277] - Fixed concurreny problem managing properies of users and groups.
[JM-278] - The server now sends a stream:error conflict when a resource conflict exists.
[JM-279] - Sending a room invitation to an offline was closing the inviter's connection.
[JM-282] - Closing many connections concurrently could produce a deadlock in some circumstances.
[JM-283] - Group chat room creation now prevents invalid room IDs.
[JM-284] - Fixed concurreny problem managing directed presences.
[JM-286] - Fixed some words that were still hardcoded in English in the admin console.
[JM-290] - Invalid JIDs were not always being detected
[JM-293] - The setup tool now enforces a min database connection pool size.
[JM-297] - Added logic to detect and forcibly shut down dead sockets.
[JM-299] - Fixed error loading room history when using MS-SQL.

2.1.3 -- April 22, 2005

New Features

[JM-151] - Added servlet support to plugins. (1 vote)
[JM-196] - Added support for drag and drop installation of plugins into the launcher.
[JM-198] - Java VM information and memory usage is now shown in the admin console.
[JM-200] - Addressed several bottlenecks in the server, increasing performance by several hundred percent.
[JM-202] - Improved performance by replacing StringBuffer with StringBuilder.
[JM-203] - Optimized login and authentication process.
[JM-207] - Added an "open permissions" mode to the broadcast plugin. (1 vote)
[JM-209] - Admin console ports can now be disabled.
[JM-218] - Added support for packet interceptors to the core API.
[JM-223] - The embedded http server can now filter the addresses allowed to connect.
[JM-226] - Updated bundled JRE to 1.5.0_02 with the server VM.
[JM-227] - The packet classes are now Javadoced.
[JM-231] - Added support for new locales: Czech, Deutsch and Nederlands.
[JM-232] - Added property listener support.
[JM-233] - Improved the protocol support document.
[JM-246] - Added user events.
[JM-247] - Search results can now be paginated.

Bug Fixes

[JM-189] - LDAP users were able to log in with no password in some cases. (2 votes)
[JM-197] - Some words in the admin tool weren't internationalized.
[JM-205] - User editing did not honor optional status of name/email fields.
[JM-208] - The redhat-postinstall.sh script had an extra 's'.
[JM-211] - IQRouter#addHandler needed to send #initialize to the new handler.
[JM-212] - Fixed NPE when trying to get the vCard of an anonymous user.
[JM-213] - IQ packets of type ERROR now include the original child element.
[JM-214] - Removed logging of a warn message when the server receives an IQ of type result with no child element.
[JM-215] - IQRegister now returns an error packet if the registration fails for any reason.
[JM-217] - The default session for a bare JID was not being updated when a session became available.
[JM-219] - Changes to admin ports in the admin console were being lost.
[JM-220] - The admin console did not allow setting the https port.
[JM-221] - Made getUserProvider() public.
[JM-224] - Overriding sidebar elements in the admin console was not working.
[JM-229] - Enabling sharing group did not select an option by default.
[JM-238] - Shared items could incorrectly stay in the roster.
[JM-243] - Sessions with no resource caused problems.
[JM-244] - Messenger can now send IQ packets to active but unavailable resources.
[JM-245] - Updated the installer version, which fixes several bugs.
[JM-248] - Moved JiveGlobals to org.jivesoftware.util and made it more generic.
[JM-249] - Only set the sender of the packets when using ClientSessions.
[JM-250] - Packets directed to a component's address are now passed to the component.
[JM-251] - Moved PropertyEventDispatcher and PropertyEventListener to org.jivesoftware.util.
[JM-254] - Presence updates are no longer sent when changing the permission level of a group member.
[JM-255] - Shared contacts disappeared when removing a user from a public group.
[JM-256] - Added recovery logic when sending a packet over a connection fails.
[JM-257] - Fixed concurreny problem while broadcasting a message.
[JM-258] - Improved error reporting when binding to ports fails.
[JM-259] - The launcher now works in Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 and console output is now shown in the launcher.
[JM-260] - Fixed authentication redirect for plugins for expired sessions.
[JM-261] - Storage of user properties were based on name not username.
[JM-262] - SessionManager#sendServerMessage was not storing messages for offline users.
[JM-263] - Size of "jid" field in mucAffiliation and mucMember tables was too long in MS-SQL.
[JM-264] - Modified the error code returned when max number of occupants has been reached in a MUC room.
[JM-265] - The offline strategy was filtering the wrong packets.
[JM-267] - An unavailable presence is now sent to the user after leaving a MUC room. This fixes a bug GAIM users were running into.

2.1.2 -- March 6, 2005

New Features

[JM-69] - Plugins can now be managed in the admin console.
[JM-122] - Added search capabilities to UserManager. (1 vote)
[JM-130] - Added LDAP search filters. (6 votes)
[JM-146] - Added disco support for components. (3 votes)
[JM-156] - Full resource bundle support is now included, along with a Chinese translation.
[JM-161] - Users loaded from LDAP can now be sorted, either server-side or client-side with a property enabled.
[JM-176] - Improved plugin API and management.
[JM-178] - The admin console now supports https connections. (1 vote)
[JM-182] - Preferred language can now be selected during setup.
[JM-183] - The last unavailable presence value for users is now stored. (2 votes)
[JM-185] - Improved UI of the user browser in the admin console.

Bug Fixes

[JM-58] - Plugin build process failed with multiple plugins.
[JM-86] - Extended presence info is now preserved in group chats.
[JM-126] - Improved Linux install process.
[JM-145] - Server was not sending closing </stream>.
[JM-147] - Offline messages had incorrect jabber:x:delay information.
[JM-148] - Shared groups that were publicly visible were having problem seeing other shared groups. (3 votes)
[JM-150] - Group names did not allow spaces.
[JM-152] - Fixed LDAP SSL support.
[JM-153] - Fixed exception on auditor close.
[JM-155] - Improved the "Illegal JID format" error.
[JM-157] - The option element in data forms had an empty namespace in the XML representation.
[JM-158] - Shared group members were not showing corectly in some cases.
[JM-159] - Admin console port was not being read from the XML config file.
[JM-162] - Fixed bug preventing Psi clients from connecting to the server.
[JM-164] - Plugins could fail due to external DTD validation.
[JM-165] - Encoding of log files was wrong.
[JM-166] - Directed presences was not working for anonymous users.
[JM-167] - Server was hanging under load due to trying to read a resource bundle when creating a new connection.
[JM-168] - Adding a new contact to the roster was not honoring the contact's domain.
[JM-174] - The from attribute of presence probes is now a full JID.
[JM-175] - Improved plugin build process to copy .jar.
[JM-177] - Fixed bug where stopping the server when users are connected was generating an exception.
[JM-179] - Shared groups no longer send packets for subscription type FROM.
[JM-181] - Add resources\i18n directory to release.
[JM-186] - Fixed bug where renaming nickname of a group chat occupant was generating an error.
[JM-187] - Viewing the session details of an anonymous session was causing an exception.
[JM-188] - Removing roster items for a foreign contact was generating an error.
[JM-190] - Presence subscriptions were not being cancelled when removing a roster item.

2.1.1 -- January 30, 2005

New Features

[JM-103] - Added support for Delayed Delivery (JEP-0091)

Bug Fixes

[JM-12] - Don't display shutdown message by default
[JM-57] - Fixed web.xml generation during build process.
[JM-72] - Added caching to offline message storage operations.
[JM-120] - Shut down embedded database at end of setup.
[JM-124] - Fixed exception using upper-case usernames to login.
[JM-128] - Marking users as group admins now works.
[JM-131] - Pagination now works on group pages.
[JM-134] - Fixed Exception when sorting users on the user summary page.
[JM-136] - Search result bug fixed.
[JM-137] - Updated the multicast DNS name.
[JM-138] - Refactored IQ Handler to make it more usable by plugins.
[JM-139] - Auditor file now uses UTF-8 as the character encoding.
[JM-140] - Initial presence was not being sent after connecting the same user from many resources.
[JM-141] - Fixed minor problems in group edit page.
[JM-142] - Incorrect items were being added to the roster when using shared groups
[JM-144] - Fixed DB2 Schema issues.
[JM-143] - Bug fixes and new features in the shared groups feature.
[JM-132] - Results from LDAP are now sorted when the LDAP server supports it.
[JM-135] - Packet extensions now kept with group chat room invitations.

2.1.0 -- January 15, 2005

New Features

[JM-1] - Flash XML streams are now supported.
[JM-10] - LDAP can now be used for authentication and user information. (3 votes)
[JM-21] - Created plugin to let users easily broadcast messages to groups. (2 votes)
[JM-22] - Groups can now be automatically added to group member's rosters. (10 votes)
[JM-24] - The lib directory can now be specified using the "messenger.lib.dir" Java system property.
[JM-39] - History is now saved to the database in persistent group chat rooms.
[JM-41] - Added auto-archive process to clean-up unused group chat rooms.
[JM-44] - Added ability to cleanly shut down the server with a "stop" button in the admin console.
[JM-47] - Group chat visibility policy can now be set based on room lock status.
[JM-60] - Plugins are now supported.
[JM-62] - Added full support for groups.
[JM-63] - Under Windows, the launcher now appears in the system tray.
[JM-77] - Group chat rooms can be created and administered from the admin console.
[JM-84] - Zeroconf (Rendezvous) support added.
[JM-96] - Improved installer which is simpler ans smaller.
[JM-97] - Added support for deploying as Windows service.
[JM-101] - Added xml:lang support.
[JM-105] - Database version now included in schemas to assist with upgrading.
[JM-107] - Improved database upgrade process.
[JM-110] - Added RPM installer.
[JM-115] - IQ handlers can now be added and removed dynamically.

Bug Fixes

[JM-34] - Broadcast messages from the admin console now support i18n.
[JM-35] - Improved UI of user creation screens.
[JM-36] - Fixed Postgres setup documentation.
[JM-37] - Fixed Postgres database schema typo.
[JM-39] - Minor bugs in SSLConfig fixed.
[JM-43] - Idle users and log conversation settings now in the group chat section of admin console.
[JM-51] - Fixed how group chat subject-change messages are saved in the history.
[JM-52] - Fixed bug when broadcasting messages in group chat rooms for users that are logged off.
[JM-54] - Fixed ClassCastException in MucRoomImpl.
[JM-54] - Refactored admin console framework.
[JM-55] - Fixed bug where presence was being sent twice to clients during login.
[JM-56] - SSL support can now be activated and deactivated.
[JM-57] - Updated SSL guide.
[JM-61] - Replaced core packet representation in server.
[JM-64] - Participants can now change the group chat room subject if they should be able to.
[JM-66] - Fixed error in the SQL Server database schema.
[JM-75] - VCARD is now vCard, which fixes vCard support in clients.
[JM-76] - Resolved Trillian compatability issues.
[JM-80] - Unavailable presence now correctly sent when a connection is closed.
[JM-81] - Removed join/leave broadcast messages from group chat rooms.
[JM-85] - Name field now works for in-band registration.
[JM-87] - Fixed NullPointerException when setting history type in group chat.
[JM-88] - Added URLEncoding to the admin console so that i18n usernames work correctly.
[JM-90] - Fixed redirect in last step of admin console when admin port is not 9090.
[JM-91] - Cleaned up configuration file property names.
[JM-92] - Owner and admin fields are now optional in group chat room config form.
[JM-93] - Group chat service now correctly passes through extended presence information in presence broadcasts.
[JM-94] - Fixed exception in group chat when banning users.
[JM-98] - Added room creation date to disco information.
[JM-112] - To and From values of certain IQ's are now correct.
[JM-114] - Fixed freezes in the group chat code.
[JM-116] - Fixed routing table logic for case when unavailable packet received.