Wammu 2008-10-22T16:09:20+02:00 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com http://blog.cihar.com/ NanoBlogger Wammu 0.29 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2008/10/04/wammu_0_29/ 2008-10-04T22:11:06+02:00 2008-10-04T22:11:06+02:00

I just released version 0.29 of Wammu. This release fixes various problems found by users. Full list of changes:

  • Fixed handling of call entries with multiple dates.
  • Handle phones where writing entry to SIM card takes long (bug #682).
  • Properly skip corrupted entries (bug #467).
  • Added export of messages to XML (thanks to Florent Kaisser).
  • Properly report failures when importing backup (bug #303).
  • Add --info command line option to show connection info (bug #426).
  • Add --debug switch to enable debug output to stderr (bug #426).
  • Sign Windows binaries.

This release also comes with binary for Windows with embedded Gammu 1.21.0.

 Wammu 0.28 for Windows reloaded Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2008/08/04/wammu_0_28_for_windows_reloaded/ 2008-08-04T12:03:44+02:00 2008-08-04T12:03:44+02:00

I just found out that binary of Wammufor Windows was crippled in some strange way that it was not executed by some versions of Windows. This has been now fixed and you can download fixed version from download page.

 Wammu 0.28 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2008/07/22/wammu_0_28/ 2008-07-22T16:12:06+02:00 2008-07-22T16:12:06+02:00

I just released version 0.28 of Wammu. This release fixes various problems found by users. Full list of changes:

  • Fixed freeze while searching for Bluetooth devices.
  • Fixed guided configuration of Bluetooth devices (no more complains about not existing device).
  • Fixed saving of backups to folder with non ASCII names.
  • Validation is less strict and allows hopefully all number.

This release also comes with binary for Windows with embedded Gammu 1.20.0.

 Wammu 0.27 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2008/05/11/wammu_0_27/ 2008-05-11T13:25:12+02:00 2008-05-11T13:25:12+02:00

I just released version 0.27 of Wammu. This release fixes various problems found by users. Full list of changes:

  • Do not fail if phone does not support call notifications.
  • Improved handling of empty config file.
  • Lot of translation updates.
  • Fix compatibility with some IMAP servers.

This release also comes with binary for Windows with embedded Gammu 1.20.0.

 Wammu for Windows is back Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2008/03/08/wammu_for_windows_is_back/ 2008-03-08T18:54:13+02:00 2008-03-08T18:54:13+02:00

This week I finally realized where problem with random crashes in Wammu and python-gammu lies - python-gammu was using two version of C library - mscvrt.dll and mscvr71.dll. First one came from Gammu and second one from Python. Starting with 1.19.0, Gammu is built with mscvr71.dll and random crashes are gone. Any tester did not report problems with Windows binary, so I decided to make it finally an official release.

So after year or more Windows users can finally use up to date Wammu version! Fortunately I can produce this version without even touching Windows. Thanks to tools such as MinGW and Wine, everything from compiling to generating installer can be scripted and done automatically on Linux!

So Windows users can now also download current version from http://wammu.eu/download/, enjoy it.

 Wammu 0.26 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2008/03/04/wammu_0_26/ 2008-03-04T10:46:14+02:00 2008-03-04T10:46:14+02:00

I just released version 0.26 of Wammu. This release fixes various problems found by users. Full list of changes:

  • Various attempts to make Windows version back to usable state, but it is not ready yet as there are quite random crashes in python-gammu on Windows. Anybody with knowledge of python modules on Windows who is willing to help is welcome.
  • Dropped GNOME Bluetooth (btctl) support, it crashes too often.
  • Fix icons size to be all 16x16.
  • Fixed crash when D-Bus can not launch notification service.

There is still no working binary for Windows. I don't have time and environment for maintaining them. Volunteers are welcome!

 Looking for Windows testers of Wammu Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2007/12/19/looking_for_windows_testers_of_wammu/ 2007-12-19T16:09:40+02:00 2007-12-19T16:09:40+02:00

After half day of playing with Wine, MinGW and friends, I managed to be able to automatically build Windows versions of both python-gammu and Wammu. However I do not have environment to actually test these versions (except for Wine), so I would really welcome if some Windows users could do some testing. I expect some strange crashes at beginning, but hopefully we will be able fix it to produce working Wammu version for Windows in future.

You can get the installer here: http://tmp.cihar.com/wammu-0.26-setup.exe

It's NOT final or stable version, but as the only changes which happened since last release were either minor or related to cross compilation, it should be equal to combination of Gammu 1.16.0, python-gammu 0.24 and Wammu 0.25, so don't be confused by versions.

PS: Okay, when application works in Wine, it does not mean it will work in Windows, see bug report for details.

 Wammu 0.25 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2007/12/19/wammu_0_25/ 2007-12-19T10:27:19+02:00 2007-12-19T10:27:19+02:00

I just released version 0.25 of Wammu. This release brings new icon set thatnks to David Corrales and fixes various crashes. Full list of changes:

  • Fall back to Add methods if Set is not supported.
  • Fixed phone number validation.
  • Fixed crash when org.freedesktop.Notifications service is not provided.
  • Correctly report why guided wizard can not connect to phone.
  • New navigation icons, thanks to David Corrales.

There is still no binary for Windows. I don't have time and environment for maintaining them. Volunteers are welcome!

 Binary packages for Gammu, Wammu and python-gammu Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2007/11/27/binary_packages_for_gammu_wammu_and_python-gammu/ 2007-11-27T15:18:28+02:00 2007-11-27T15:18:28+02:00

When Ubuntu announced public availability of Personal Package Archives, I thought it might be good to use it to provide up to date Gammu related packages. After successful registration I uploaded Gammu package and no reaction so far, so I'll wait.

However this memorised me that I wanted to use OpenSUSE Build Service for same purpose some time ago. I filled in registration and as I didn't receive any email about being accepted, I absolutely forgot about that. Now just tried to log in and it works. So you can now have access to latest Gammu, python-gammu and Wammu packages for most recent RPM distributions (Fedora 7, Fedora 8, Mandriva 2006, Mandriva 2007, openSUSE 10.2, openSUSE 10.3, openSUSE Factory, SLES 9 and SLE 10). I could not test them so any feedback is welcome :-). You can find all packages on overview pageor directly in download folders.

Playing with spec files after long time was quite painful, but I got to it after I managed the hardest thing - how to make build dependencies which will work on all these distros.

I hope I will be able to announce similar service for Ubuntu users using PPA, but now I have to wait for some reaction on my source uploads.

 Wammu 0.24 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2007/11/13/wammu_0_24/ 2007-11-13T10:49:42+02:00 2007-11-13T10:49:42+02:00

I just released version 0.24 of Wammu. This release brings improvements in device searching, support for notification on incoming call (you need python-dbus for this) and various minor GUI improvements. Full list of changes:

  • Notifies user about incoming calls using D-Bus.
  • Remember default type of created entry (eg. phone/SIM memory).
  • Newly created entries contain some reasonable fields by default.
  • Fixed validation of editor fields.
  • Improvements in guided wizard to make it easier to use.
  • Clever searching over Bluetooth based on manufacturer.
  • Searching can be really limited to some connection types.

There is still no binary for Windows. I don't have time and environment for maintaining them. Volunteers are welcome!