[kde-linux] kopete and jabber

[Dale]

david wrote:
> Ryan Rix wrote:
>   
>> david wrote:
>>     
>>> The message from the Yahoo admin - I got it, too - says that Kopete
>>> 0.12.7 is too old a client. I don't know why, although I presume us poor
>>> old KDE3 users won't get that problem fixed anytime soon ... anyway,
>>> Pidgin 2.4.3 works fine with Yahoo.
>>>       
>> Yahoo changed the server protocol. KDE4 is patched for it, and pidgin, but 
>> we'll likely NOT see the fix backported to KDE3.
>>     
>
> Gee, starting to sound almost Microsoftish there: "You want to talk our 
> new protocol/file format, buy the new version."
>
> And "Buy" applies even to free software. Instead of money, you're paying 
> with your own time and effort to install, configure, debug, etc.
>
> Never know about backports, though. This kind of thing sounds like it 
> would have absolutely KDE4-dependent connections. It can't be that hard, 
> or Pidgin wouldn't already be talking the new server protocol. I 
> wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't do a backport.
>
>   

I hope they do.  I'm still on KDE 3.5 myself.  Just not ready for the
new KDE 4 yet.

Dale

:-)  :-)