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 telepathy-spec 0.17.20 (UNRELEASED)
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+API changes:
+
+* fd.o #18202: All 16-bit types are now the corresponding 32-bit type; in
+  practice this was what our ABI was already, because dbus-glib always sends
+  and receives 16-bit types as the corresponding 32-bit type. However, QtDBus
+  does distinguish between the types, so we have to fix this before
+  telepathy-qt4 is declared stable. This affects the following:
+
+  - the sizes in pixels returned from the Avatars.GetAvatarRequirements method
+  - the 'Port' member of Socket_Address_IPv4 and Socket_Address_IPv6 structures
+  - the 'port' and 'stun-port' well-known connection manager parameters
+  - the 'stun-port' Telepathy property on media signalling channels
+
 Changes to experimental API:
 
 * In ContactInfo the vCard TYPE type-parameter is represented as, for instance,