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Version reference tables

OTRgate - the transition between 3.2, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2

Since the switch to libotr4 overlapped with the fixes for twitter (which is the main reason 3.2.1 was released), and additionally debian released their own version with a name that's suspiciously similar to 3.2.1, here's a table that documents all the relevant versions to both OTR and Twitter support.

Releases only

Date	bzr	Release	libotr	Twitter?	Stable?	Notes	Where to get
2013-01-06	965	3.2 ¹	3	No	Yes	The original 3.2 release. Old but stable.	bzr, Release .tar.gz
2013-11-27	999	3.2.1²	3	Yes	Yes	Official 3.2.1 release	bzr, Release .tar.gz
2013-12-19	1004	3.2.1+otr4-1	4	Yes	No	Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only - UNSTABLE!	bzr, ubuntu
2014-07-05	1024	3.2.2	4	Yes	Yes	Official 3.2.2 release	bzr, .deb repo (or APT), .tar.gz

Original extended version of the table

Date	bzr	Release	libotr	Twitter?	Stable?	Notes	Where to get
2013-01-06	965	3.2 ¹	3	No	Yes	The original 3.2 release. Old but stable.	bzr, Release .tar.gz
2013-06-16	991	--	3	Yes	Yes	Earliest dev build with most twitter fixes	bzr
2013-07-13	997	--	3	Yes	Yes	Latest dev build with libotr3 support available from the APT repo	bzr, .deb repo, .tar.gz
2013-10-14	998	--	3	Yes	Yes	Minor bug fix that doesn't have any .deb builds in the repo	bzr, .tar.gz
2013-11-27	999	3.2.1²	3	Yes	Yes	Official 3.2.1 release	bzr, Release .tar.gz
2013-12-05	1000	--	3	Yes	Yes	Minor fix for the displayed version	bzr
2013-12-05	1001	--	4	Yes	No	Switch to libotr4. Several bugs introduced.	bzr
2013-12-19	1004	3.2.1+otr4-1	4	Yes	No	Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only - UNSTABLE!	bzr, ubuntu
2014-01-20	1006	--	4	Yes	No	Fix attempt, unsuccessful.	bzr
2014-01-20	1007	--	4	Yes	Mostly	OTR fixes by pesco! Works flawlessly most of the time.	bzr, .deb repo, .tar.gz
2014-02-13	1011	--	4	Yes	Yes	Two more OTR bugfixes, including a segfault on /me	bzr, .deb repo, .tar.gz
2014-07-05	1024	3.2.2	4	Yes	Yes	Official 3.2.2 release	bzr, .deb repo (or APT), .tar.gz

Also known as 3.2-1 or 3.2-1.1 (1 2)
This release might not display the correct version when you do /ctcp root version (3 4)

The bzr builds before the 3.2.1 release show their version number in the format 3.2+20130714+devel+997-1. In the case of bzr997, it has almost all the features of the 3.2.1 release (except the bugfix from 998), so the "3.2" part of the version number might be misleading, but what matters is the "997" part.

"What should I use?"

libotr version needed	Recommended BitlBee version
libotr 3.x	3.2.1
libotr 4.x	3.2.2
Doesn't matter	3.2.2

OTR

And here's another table for the apparent nonsense of the OTR versions.

Library	Protocol	Allowed protocol policy	.so name (ABI version)	Debian package	Supported bitlbee releases	Supported bitlbee bzr	Stability
libotr 3.2.1	v2	v1, v2	`libotr.so.2.2.1`	libotr2(-dev)	3.0 ... 3.2.1	<=1000	Stable
libotr 4.0.0	v3	v2, v3	`libotr.so.5.0.0`	libotr5(-dev)	3.2.2	>=1001	Stable since r1011

The stability column refers to the current bitlbee support, which might crash in some situations before 1011.

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+|| 2013-12-19 || [[http://code.bitlbee.org/lh/bitlbee/revision/1004|1004]] || 3.2.1+otr4-1 || 4 ||<#AAFFAA> Yes ||<#FFAAAA> No || Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only - UNSTABLE! || bzr, '''ubuntu''' ||
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+|| 2013-12-19 || [[http://code.bitlbee.org/lh/bitlbee/revision/1004|1004]] || 3.2.1+otr4-1 || 4 ||<#AAFFAA> Yes ||<#FFAAAA> No || Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only - UNSTABLE! || bzr, '''ubuntu''' ||