Download Twinkle 1.3.2

Twinkle is a program that allows you to make calls or exchange text messages via SIP with other users of this VoIP protocol. The program is written specifically for the Linux platform and supports both alsa and oss. For more information about Twinkle, please refer to this page† The developer released a new version last weekend with 1.3.2 as the version number. The list of changes looks like this:

Version 1.3.2:

• Build fix in non-KDE version for gcc 4.3

Version 1.3.1:

• Disable file attachment button in message window when destination address is not filled in
• Updated russian translation
• Build fixes:
  • Fixes for gcc 4.3 (missing includes)
  • non-KDE version failed to build

Version 1.3:

• Send file attachment with instant message.
• Show timestamp with instant messages.
• Instant message composition indication (RFC 3994).
• Persistent TCP connections with keep alive.
• Do not try to send SIP messages larger than 64K over UDP.
• Integration with libzrtcpp-1.3.0
• Xsession support to restore Twinkle after system shutdown/startup.
• Call snd_pcm_state to determine jitter buffer exhaustion (some ALSA implementations gave problems with the old method).
• SDP parser allows SDP body without terminating CRLF.
• Russian translation.
• Bug fixes:
  • SIP parser did not allow white space between header name and colon.
  • With “send in-dialog requests to proxy” enabled and transport mode set to “auto”, in-dialog requests are wrongly sent over TCP.
  • Crash when a too large message is received.
  • Comparison of authentication parameters (eg algorithm) were case-sensitive. These comparisons must be case-insensitive.
  • SDP parser could not parse other media transports than RTP/AVP.
  • Twinkle sent 415 response instead of 200 OK on in-dialog INFO without body.
  • Twinkle responds with 513 Message too large on an incoming call.
  • ICMP error on STUN request causes Twinkle to crash.
  • Add received-parameter to Via header of an incoming request if it contains an empty rport parameter (RFC 3581)
  • Twinkle did not add Contact header and copy Record-Route header to 180 response.
• New RFCs:
  • RFC 3994 – Indication of Message Composition for Instant Messaging