[OTR-users] Gaim 2b6 and OTR Breakage

[Torrey McMahon]

Ian Goldberg wrote:
> 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.

A menu option is a good idea down the road. Getting the icon back where 
it was is the immediate need.