X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/libfaim.git/blobdiff_plain/9de3ca7e3fdcf62e088fe2a0c7fcdc219e1a5094..664133404653489b9422a769b2fd674531497c90:/README diff --git a/README b/README index cb9e563..c42d1bb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ libfaim pre-0.90 or so This is libfaim, the purpose of which is to implement as much as the AOL AIM/OSCAR protocol as possible (which should be all of it). After -over a year of development, its still nowhere close. +over two years of development, its still nowhere close. This is not a full client and never will be. libfaim only implements the routines to implement a client (ie, there's no user interface). @@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ I would not recommend using this version of libfaim in any form yet. It's beta-quality and I know it leaks memory quite badly. It seems fairly stable, however. YMMV, YAYOR, etc. I suppose I should say regardless of that warning, that several clients use it and people use those clients -on a daily basis (in particular, me). +on a daily basis (in particular, me). Also, you're probably reading this +from a CVS version, since I haven't made a release in a very long time. +The CVS version changes fairly rapidly when I'm in the mood, so a version +you checked out an hour ago may be better or worse than a version you +check out now. Building @@ -65,15 +69,21 @@ Unfortunatly, there is not currently any documentation on the libfaim API. Use the source and utils/faimtest/faimtest.c as a reference when coding front-ends. +Mailing Lists +------------- + +Thanks to Sourceforge, we have our mailing lists back. See: +http://www.sourceforge.org/mail/?group_id=920 for instructions +on subscribing to the lists: + + libfaim-devel: Discussion of libfaim and its developement. + libfaim-aim-protocol: Discussion of the finer points of OSCAR hacking + Contact Info ------------ -The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at afritz@iname.com or mid@auk.cx. - -I did have mailing lists available for faim-related discussion, but they -have dwindled and eventually broke and to my knowledge have yet to fix -themselves. +The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at mid@auk.cx. Front-end information: http://www.auk.cx/faim/