Version reference tables
OTRgate - the transition between 3.2, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2
Obsolete
This was a big deal around 2014-2015 but it's over now. It's kept for historical reasons.
Just ignore this and use the version and be happy.
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 |
3.2 1 |
3 |
No |
Yes |
The original 3.2 release. Old but stable. |
bzr, Release .tar.gz |
|
2013-11-27 |
3.2.12 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Official 3.2.1 release |
bzr, Release .tar.gz |
|
2013-12-19 |
3.2.1+otr4-1 |
4 |
Yes |
No |
Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only - UNSTABLE! |
bzr, ubuntu |
|
2014-07-05 |
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 |
3.2 1 |
3 |
No |
Yes |
The original 3.2 release. Old but stable. |
bzr, Release .tar.gz |
|
2013-06-16 |
-- |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Earliest dev build with most twitter fixes |
bzr |
|
2013-07-13 |
-- |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Latest dev build with libotr3 support available from the APT repo |
bzr, .deb repo, .tar.gz |
|
2013-10-14 |
-- |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Minor bug fix that doesn't have any .deb builds in the repo |
bzr, .tar.gz |
|
2013-11-27 |
3.2.12 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Official 3.2.1 release |
bzr, Release .tar.gz |
|
2013-12-05 |
-- |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Minor fix for the displayed version |
bzr |
|
2013-12-05 |
-- |
4 |
Yes |
No |
bzr |
||
2013-12-19 |
3.2.1+otr4-1 |
4 |
Yes |
No |
Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only - UNSTABLE! |
bzr, ubuntu |
|
2014-01-20 |
-- |
4 |
Yes |
No |
Fix attempt, unsuccessful. |
bzr |
|
2014-01-20 |
-- |
4 |
Yes |
Mostly |
OTR fixes by pesco! Works flawlessly most of the time. |
bzr, .deb repo, .tar.gz |
|
2014-02-13 |
-- |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Two more OTR bugfixes, including a segfault on /me |
bzr, .deb repo, .tar.gz |
|
2014-07-05 |
3.2.2 |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Official 3.2.2 release |
bzr, .deb repo (or APT), .tar.gz |
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 |
v1, v2 |
libotr.so.2.2.1 |
libotr2(-dev) |
3.0 ... 3.2.1 |
<=1000 |
Stable |
|
libotr 4.0.0 |
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.