Pidgin on Windows 98

[Mario Pavesi]

I am a happy user both of Windows 98, and of Pidgin (version 2.6.6). My chat
correspondents are both Yahoo and MSN.

Now due to a bug in that version, I cannot connect any more with MSN. To fix
the bug, I should install Pidgin 2.7.7 - but it does not work on Windows 98,
where Pidgin is no longer supported.

I understand I could switch to a more modern release of Windows, but there
are reasons that make it quite inconvenient for me.

Is there any chance that there will be a new release of Pidgin working on
Windows 98?

Thank you,
Mario Pavesi