[OTR-users] Gaim 2b6 and OTR Breakage

[Ian Goldberg]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:56:33PM +0000, Brian Morrison wrote:
> Torrey McMahon wrote:
> 
> >>> 2) This is worse: The OTR icon has disappeared. This makes it
> >>> impossible to verify new fingerprints, end conversations, etc.
> >>> (Unless there is a menu for this I can't find.)
> >>>     
> >>
> >> Amazing, they've managed to break the API *again* within a beta series.
> >>
> >> Makes you wonder what they've done *this* time....
> > 
> > I've made suggestions to the gaim folks along the lines of what alpha
> > and beta should be but ... no luck.
> 
> OK, now the question is, can anyone here manage to recompile the OTR
> plugin for Gaim Win32 beta 6 ?

I haven't had a chance to look into it yet, but from the description of
the problem, it seems that some serious re-coding will need to be done
in order to put the OTR menu somewhere accessible (like in the menu bar,
say).  It's not a matter of simply recompiling.

   - Ian