We are happy to announce the final release of Licq 1.3.6.
See the release notes for a list of bugs fixed and features added and then download it from usual place.

The first release candidate for Licq 1.3.6 is now ready for download.

Licq 1.3.6 contains many bugfixes, some new features and a new Qt4 version of the GUI plugin which has gone through a make over since it branched of from the old Qt-Gui.

It seems the ICQ servers has started to reject old clients. Several clients (included Licq) were blocked from logging on.

Latest SVN version (as of r6387) of Licq contains an update to allow Licq to log on again.

For users of Licq 1.3.4 or 1.3.5, the following patches should get you back online:
Login patch for Licq 1.3.4
Login patch for Licq 1.3.5

Patch instructions

1) Download and unpack Licq source
2) Go to licq directory and run "patch -p0 < licq-1.3.5-logonfix.patch"
3) Build as normal (./configure and make)
4) Install. (If you already had the same Licq version installed, just copying src/licq to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin should be enough.)

Qt4-Gui has come a long way since it was branched of from the old Qt-Gui and is now stable enough to be included in the next release of Licq. However, all the changes, improvements and fixes also means that the translations have been affected and most of them are currently very out of date. Some of them needs to be updated for Qt-Gui as well.

Unless we get them up to date again, some of the translations will probably be dropped. But we would of course much rather see them updated and maintained. So if you would like to see Licq in your native language, your contribution would be very welcome.

For more information see this thread or join us in the Licq IRC channel.

It's been very quiet here for a while so here's an update on what's happened since 1.3.4:

Qt4-GUI

With Qt4 released the work is ongoing to port the Qt-GUI plugin to take advantage of the new Qt version.
The porting is almost done, the worst bugs seem to be gone and it's very usable so feel free to try it out and tell us what you think.
More information, current status and how to get it up and running can be found on the Qt-GUI Plugin page.

Licq 2.0

ICQ is far from the only IM protocol out there and even though MSN support was added in Licq 1.3 it was added on top of a one-protocol implementation.
Licq 2.0 is a rewrite of large parts of the code to improve handling of multiple protocols and provide a more flexible plugin interface.
The work on Licq 2.0 is still far from finished and when it's done the plugins will need to be adapted to the new plugin interface as well so don't expect this just yet.

Licq 1.3

Even though it's more fun to work on the new stuff, we've still managed to fix some bugs and make a few improvements on Licq 1.3.
Licq 1.3.5 is planned to be released later this year and will mostly be just a maintenance release. For more information see the 1.3.5 Release Notes.

The Team

During the year, we've been joined by two new developers. We welcome Anders and Eugene on board.

/The Licq Team