[OTR-dev] pidgin v2.6.1 can't load otr plugin

[Ian Goldberg]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:12:19PM +0800, Sascha Wüstemann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have compiled pidgin v2.6.1 from source for puppy v4.2.1, see  
> http://www.puppylinux.org, and the otr plugin does not load.
> I previously compiled pidgin v2.5.8, libotr v3.2.0 with dependencies  
> nescessary for the puppy environment successfully - there otr plugin was  
> loaded automatically and worked fully functionally.
>
> As the otr plugin simply does not load, I copied ibotr.la and libotr.so  
> to /usr/local/lib/pidgin and got this at the pidgin debug window  
> concerning otr:

That's weird; govnototalitarizm recently reported that the plugin loads,
and the OTR button/menus show up, but clicking "Start private
conversation" doesn't actually start one.

It looks like the API for 2.6.1 changed in a non-backwards-compatible
way to 2.{0,2,4}.x, which it's not supposed to do (they're supposed to
change to 3.0.0 if a non-backwards-compatible API change is made).

With classes just around the corner (and me travelling at the moment), I
unfortunately won't personally have a chance to look at this for several
weeks.  Can someone else take a look?

Thanks,

   - Ian