WeeChat @weechat@hostux.social
The extensible chat client.
Joined May 2017
WeeChat 3.4.1 released: one security vulnerability fixed. https://blog.weechat.org/post/2022/03/13/Version-3.4.1
#weechat #release #security
We are not kidding with the security vulnerabilities and we are completely transparent about the issues. The security page on weechat.org has been redesigned from scratch, more user-friendly and much more information: https://blog.weechat.org/post/2022/01/08/New-design-for-security-page
Zstandard compression has been added in weechat protocol of relay plugin: up to 4x faster and better compression than zlib!
For more information, check the development blog: https://blog.weechat.org/post/2022/01/07/Zstandard-compression-in-relay-plugin
Zstandard compression: https://facebook.github.io/zstd/
And now the dark theme for all docs! https://blog.weechat.org/post/2021/11/28/Dark-theme-for-WeeChat-docs
Psst! Brand new dark theme on weechat.org!
More information on the development blog: https://blog.weechat.org/post/2021/11/24/Dark-theme-for-weechat.org
The Ubuntu “Jammy Jellyfish” (22.04) has been added in repositories.
The development version of WeeChat is now available for jammy (amd64 only), and will be built every night.
Additionally, the version 3.3 has been added for Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri).
All repositories are here: https://weechat.org/download/debian/
WeeChat 3.2.1 released: one security vulnerability fixed. https://blog.weechat.org/post/2021/09/04/Version-3.2.1
#weechat #release #security
WeeChat now supports XDG directories, used by default on first startup.
For more information: https://specs.weechat.org/specs/001285-follow-xdg-base-dir-spec.html
All major features of the future and released versions are on the development page: https://weechat.org/dev/
Hot new feature: IRC SASL SCRAM authentication (with SHA-1, SHA-256 or SHA-512). Available in devel version, will be in 3.2, scheduled for ~ mid-June.
Apologies for the 600+ users still on #weechat @ freenode, the channel has been "stolen" by the new hostile admins, after 18 years of presence. "Thank you for using freenode" they say…
You are welcome as soon as possible on irc.libera.chat!
WeeChat IRC channels have moved to libera.chat, see you soon there!
https://weechat.org/news/119/20210524-IRC-channels-moved-to-libera.chat/
You've sent your password to the wrong window (ie: WeeChat), and it is now public, viewed by 1,500 people?
You can try this new script: https://blog.weechat.org/post/2021/02/26/Script-anti_password.py
WeeChat 3.0.1 released: bug fix and maintenance release.
https://blog.weechat.org/post/2021/01/31/Version-3.0.1
#weechat #release
The extensible chat client.
Joined May 2017
