Version reference tables

BitlBee

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.

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, .deb repo, .tar.gz

2013-12-19

1004

3.2.1+otr4-1

4

Yes

No

Release for debian jessie/sid and ubuntu trusty only.

bzr, .deb repo, debian/ubuntu

2014-01-20

1006

--

4

Yes

No

Fix for this OTR bug.

bzr, .deb repo (or APT), .tar.gz

  1. 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 (2)

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?"

Installation method

Twitter needed?

OTR needed?

Min. bzr

Max. bzr

Recommended version

Notes

.deb / APT

Yes

Yes

991

997

997

Downgrade manually if using the apt repo

.deb / APT

Yes

No

991

--

Latest build.

Remove bitlbee-plugin-otr.

.deb / APT

No

No

965

--

Latest build.

Remove bitlbee-plugin-otr.. Any version >=3.2 will also work.

.deb / APT

No

Yes

965

997

997

Downgrade manually if using the apt repo. Any version >=3.2 will also work.

Manual compilation

Yes

--

991

1000

3.2.1 release

Don't bother using newer bzr revisions.

Manual compilation

No

--

965

1000

3.2.1 release

No need to upgrade if you have a version >=3.2. Again, don't use newer bzr revisions.

OTR

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

Library

Protocol

.so name (ABI version)

Debian package

Supported bitlbee releases

Supported bitlbee bzr

Stability

libotr 3.2.1

v2

libotr.so.2.2.1

libotr2(-dev)

3.0 ... 3.2.1

<=1000

Stable

libotr 4.0.0

v3

libotr.so.5.0.0

libotr5(-dev)

Debian's "3.2.1+otr4-1"*

>=1001

Unstable

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