Bug

• [SPARK-1815] - Roar custom popup can't be closed after closing the chat window
• [SPARK-2163] - TicTacToe throws exception for username with a space
• [SPARK-2318] - Roar ignores Popup display settings
• [SPARK-2320] - Save password from Preferences menu
• [SPARK-2327] - Chat window freezes when opponent is typing to you

Task

• [SPARK-2319] - Update Roar Plugin to 1.0 version

Improvement

• [SPARK-1782] - Roar popups shouldn't be shown when a tab is in focus
• [SPARK-2321] - Don't show empty broadcast message
• [SPARK-2322] - Raise the minimum requirements for plugins
• [SPARK-2324] - Upgrade XStream to v1.4.20 or later
• [SPARK-2326] - Update HTTP Client library

New Feature

• [SPARK-1457] - Update Translator plugin to use other translation API

sha256sum values

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Bug

• [SPARK-2310] - macOS doesn't use Look and Feel FlatLaf
• [SPARK-2313] - History not saved in some cases
• [SPARK-2316] - Unable to open MUC while MUC private chat is open
• [SPARK-2317] - HTTP File Upload Plugin button not showing in private chat

Task

• [SPARK-2315] - Update dependencies

Improvement

• [SPARK-2305] - Improve logging for HTTP File Upload
• [SPARK-2311] - Add Tab View Selection

Improvement

• [SPARK-1708] - Update or change spellchecker library
• [SPARK-2016] - Add support for 64-bit Java
• [SPARK-2063] - Make font size in Conversation History window configurable
• [SPARK-2076] - Contact list font size setting should be applied to groups names
• [SPARK-2077] - List of available logins should be scrollable
• [SPARK-2098] - Show "Reconnect now" button while reconnect countdown is running
• [SPARK-2120] - Add an option to increase font size in message compose area
• [SPARK-2121] - Bring up roster window when shortcut is opened
• [SPARK-2125] - Bookmarks should be sorted alphabetically
• [SPARK-2128] - Remove translations encoding workaround for Java 8
• [SPARK-2204] - Code cleanup
• [SPARK-2208] - Use Name instead of Username when initiating chat from search results
• [SPARK-2210] - Replace deprecated Base64 Decoder
• [SPARK-2212] - Update Smack to 4.4
• [SPARK-2214] - Look and feel refresh
• [SPARK-2217] - Update Russian translation
• [SPARK-2221] - Increase default Idle value to 5 instead of 3 minutes
• [SPARK-2233] - Allow to search contacts without special letters interfering
• [SPARK-2236] - Create status icons for the new Spark design
• [SPARK-2238] - Fix potential NPE in FastPath invitation handler
• [SPARK-2249] - Add translation for hours, min to Awaytime
• [SPARK-2257] - Explicitly define calls on or off the Event Dispatch Thread
• [SPARK-2264] - Use nickname in bookmark if set
• [SPARK-2267] - Update XStream to 1.4.19 or later
• [SPARK-2272] - Remove URL hack
• [SPARK-2275] - Replace deprecated custom ulit class Base64
• [SPARK-2276] - Create x64 installer for Spark
• [SPARK-2278] - Spark should remove plugins in profile if they don't exist in installation folder
• [SPARK-2280] - Add clear button for Login text fields and eye button to show password
• [SPARK-2282] - Add "Other Users" button for Login text field
• [SPARK-2291] - Fix Zip Slip Vulnerability
• [SPARK-2292] - Improve the log window
• [SPARK-2296] - Add localizations in install4j installer
• [SPARK-2297] - Add Windows on ARM installer
• [SPARK-2298] - Update install4j runtime to 10.0.3
• [SPARK-2299] - MacOS replace deprecated installer
• [SPARK-2301] - Update HTTP File Upload Plugin to 0.4 version
• [SPARK-2304] - Add day and week periods for Transcript History

Task

• [SPARK-1894] - Add Spelling plugin back to the build
• [SPARK-2205] - Update install4j runtime to 8.0.7
• [SPARK-2206] - Update components
• [SPARK-2229] - Remove Pack200 from Spark
• [SPARK-2239] - Update FlatLaf to 1.6.5
• [SPARK-2240] - Update JUnit to 4.13.2
• [SPARK-2242] - Update Thumbnailator to 0.4.15
• [SPARK-2244] - Update Bouncy Castle to 1.70
• [SPARK-2247] - Update Smack to 4.4.5
• [SPARK-2248] - Update Java Native Access to 5.10.0
• [SPARK-2271] - Update Smack to 4.4.6
• [SPARK-2279] - Update FlatLaf to 2.4
• [SPARK-2284] - Drop JTattoo Look and Feel
• [SPARK-2293] - Update FlatLaf to 2.5
• [SPARK-2300] - Update FlatLaf to 2.6

New Feature

• [SPARK-1585] - Add support for XEP-0280 Message Carbons
• [SPARK-1598] - Add an option to ask for confirmation when closing conversation window with multiple chats
• [SPARK-1795] - Provide MSI installer for Windows
• [SPARK-1828] - Bundle Pade Meetings plugin
• [SPARK-2116] - Add an option to set how many previous messages should be shown in a chat window
• [SPARK-2144] - Add a button to restart Spark if network error happens
• [SPARK-2256] - Add control over Idle settings
• [SPARK-2277] - Add control over IBB file transfer via ClientControl

Bug

• [SPARK-1908] - Offline message is not added to the history until chat window is closed
• [SPARK-1918] - Emoticons packs are not updated after the upgrade
• [SPARK-1992] - Fix the View logs menu
• [SPARK-2073] - Domain field is editable during Auto login when it is disabled in default.properties
• [SPARK-2115] - Show warning when password change failed
• [SPARK-2160] - Translations are garbled when using newer Java
• [SPARK-2161] - Spark locks up when downloading Pade Meetings libraries
• [SPARK-2164] - Message shown in a wrong tab when multiple resources are logged in
• [SPARK-2182] - Switches to using hostname as resource after a re-login
• [SPARK-2195] - Login window distorted by long domain name
• [SPARK-2203] - Downloads fail when username has non-latin characters
• [SPARK-2207] - Display the correct name for the transferred file
• [SPARK-2209] - File transfer using IBB fails after a reconnection
• [SPARK-2211] - Empty lines are removed in a message
• [SPARK-2213] - Failing to invite contact to a room
• [SPARK-2218] - MOTD broadcast message is not displayed on startup
• [SPARK-2222] - Number of unread messages not being shown in the first tab title
• [SPARK-2223] - Loads MUC history into private MUC chat
• [SPARK-2227] - Vcard popup not showing when contact window is maximized
• [SPARK-2228] - When chat window is maximized emoticons selection window goes beyond taskbar
• [SPARK-2232] - Can't log in with debugger enabled
• [SPARK-2234] - Spark often 'freezes' when a new chat window is opened
• [SPARK-2237] - Revive the 'spell checker' plugin \(using Jitsi-provided dependencies\)
• [SPARK-2241] - Exception related to XStream
• [SPARK-2243] - After upgrading Smack SSO authorization \(GSSAPI\) is broked.
• [SPARK-2246] - After upgrading Smack Search checkbox boolean is disabled
• [SPARK-2250] - Incorrect display of the name if the contact is not in the list of users.
• [SPARK-2251] - Fix NullPointerException in SettingManager for Windows
• [SPARK-2252] - Spark cannot find download folder due to non-English language in Linux
• [SPARK-2253] - Pade Meetings create incorrect path for Windows
• [SPARK-2259] - XStream ForbiddenClassException in CustomStatusItem Class
• [SPARK-2263] - Bookmarks sometimes seem to have no name
• [SPARK-2265] - Sorting MUC rooms by occupants should use numeric sorting
• [SPARK-2266] - Always accepts self-signed certificates
• [SPARK-2269] - Incorrect handling of carbons
• [SPARK-2270] - Unable to login with Java 16 or higher
• [SPARK-2273] - Login with the "Enter" button to the account does not work
• [SPARK-2274] - Login with option "Auto login" to the account does not work
• [SPARK-2281] - After upgrading Smack "View client version" menu doesn't work
• [SPARK-2283] - Configure room button not working after Smack update
• [SPARK-2285] - User can open chat with [email protected]
• [SPARK-2288] - The BroadcastPane becomes very wide when a long message is received
• [SPARK-2289] - The name sender of the broadcast message in the chat in small letters
• [SPARK-2294] - UI freezes when accepting a room invite
• [SPARK-2295] - Unable to create an account through Spark

sha256sum values

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Release notes - Spark - Version 3.0.0

Bug

SPARK-2222 Number of unread messages not being shown in the first tab title

SPARK-2207 Display the correct name for the transferred file

SPARK-2161 Spark locks up when downloading Pade Meetings libraries

Improvement

SPARK-2221 Increase default Idle value to 5 instead of 3 minutes

SPARK-2217 Update Russian translation

SPARK-2216 IBB file transfer should not be enabled by default

SPARK-2214 Look and feel refresh

SPARK-2210 Replace deprecated Base64 Decoder

SPARK-2204 Code cleanup

New Feature

SPARK-1828 Bundle Pade Meetings plugin

Task

SPARK-2206 Update xstream to 1.4.15

SPARK-2205 Update install4j runtime library to 8.0.7

sha1sums for release artifacts

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4c8322d315f99c70bd7704e469a1ffe95aa92636  spark_3_0_0-beta.dmg
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2.9.4 -- November 14, 2020

Bug

• [SPARK-2184] - Spark should not reject end-entity certificates without basic constraints
• [SPARK-2185] - The CertPath that's verified should not be allowed to be empty
• [SPARK-2186] - Certificate validation should target the end-entity certificate, not the CA
• [SPARK-2187] - Spark should not offer to add CA certs that it already has in the truststore
• [SPARK-2188] - Some certificate chain validations fail with 'Certificate does not specify OCSP responder'
• [SPARK-2192] - File transfer duration sometimes incorrect
• [SPARK-2194] - The option to ignore certificate expiry not working
• [SPARK-2196] - Start a conference menu option not working
• [SPARK-2201] - Not all passwords removed when 'save password' is unchecked

New Feature

• [SPARK-2190] - Add option to auto-accept file transfers

Improvement

• [SPARK-1160] - Replace deprecated methods
• [SPARK-1469] - Code Cleanup
• [SPARK-2005] - Add option to disable selected plugins via Client Control
• [SPARK-2198] - Prevent incoming file transfer to overwrite existing file
• [SPARK-2199] - Show directory if file can't be opened
• [SPARK-2202] - Have explicit option to remove all saved passwords

Task

• [SPARK-2181] - Update JTattoo to 1.6.13

Changelog

Bug

• [SPARK-2064] - Should reconnect to rooms after a reconnect to server
• [SPARK-2143] - Contacts marked in red and duplicated during a reconnect
• [SPARK-2153] - Private messaging not working in group chat
• [SPARK-2162] - History issues for contacts with spaces in usernames
• [SPARK-2167] - Hostname field shouln't be editable after a failed auto-login attempt when disabled
• [SPARK-2174] - Old presence shown in the opened chat window after a reconnect
• [SPARK-2177] - Incorrect own presence state during and after a reconnection
• [SPARK-2179] - System message about incoming buzz is incorrectly escaping spaces

Task

• [SPARK-2178] - Update junit to 4.13.1

Improvement

• [SPARK-2165] - Clean up grammar and typos in translation variables
• [SPARK-2168] - Make Spark save file transfer events to history
• [SPARK-2169] - Network addresses enclosed in quotes should be presented correctly
• [SPARK-2172] - Shouldn't switch to new tab when first MUC private message arrives

sha1sum's

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Denote Spark 2.8.3 Release