[Pidgin] #6808: Mistake in the Buddy-list-synchronization

[Pidgin]

#6808: Mistake in the Buddy-list-synchronization
----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  compengi  |        Owner:  QuLogic
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  new    
Milestone:            |    Component:  MSN    
  Version:  2.5.0     |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:            |  
----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------

Comment(by keelec):

 Ok, jumping back in here a bit...

 A couple of things... partly related, partly not.

 Pidgin 2.5.5 Source released:
 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.5.5.tar.bz2

 Pidgin 2.5.5 RPM's NOT released (latest version is 2.5.4).
 http://rpm.pidgin.im/fedora/7/i386/
 http://rpm.pidgin.im/fedora/7/x86_64/

 So, I decided to download the source, and compile it.
 After several crashes with requests to download additional modules &
 libraries, it finally compiled.

 And, I think I got 2.5.5 installed on my machine (Fedora 7).

 The Buddy List Synchronization Error went away with the update from 2.5.4
 to 2.5.5.
 So, the Windows Communicator accounts appear to show up fine, and have
 attempted to send messages, haven't verified receipt or 2-way
 conversations yet.

 However,
 In the process Pidgin became quite unstable just vanishing from the task
 list, or opening windows in which I could type text, but not see any
 responses.

 I think I was also having troubles with YouTube not opening properly at
 about the same time.

 I've updated Adobe FLASH (flash-plugin-10.0.22.87-release.i386)(not sure
 if it was related to Pidgin errors), but after a reboot, YouTube was back.

 Anyway, I'm back to testing the new release (2.5.5 under Fedora Core 7),
 and so far, so good.

 Buddy List Synchronization Error appears to be gone, and it hasn't crashed
 in the last 10 minutes, and I can even see the text in a (Yahoo)
 conversation.

 As noted above, the workaround: "Use Address with Windows Live Messenger"
 had never worked for me so I gave up on it...  so the Buddy List error
 apparently was fixed with the update to 2.5.5.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6808#comment:32>
Pidgin <http://pidgin.im>
Pidgin