Help Needed: Test pidgin-2.5.1 and Yahoo IM

[Manuel Wolfshant]

Warren Togami wrote:
> Here is an opportunity for someone to test a failure that happened to 
> me.  Upstream requested more information about this and a good 
> write-up for reproducing, but I cannot prioritize working on this 
> now.  (Working on getting Fedora Updates flowing...)
>
> If this is a real issue, upstream should know about it quickly.  This 
> 2.5.1 plus additional fixes is likely to become the next version in 
> RHEL-5.
>
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.5.1-1.fc9
>
> * Install pidgin-2.5.1 on F-9.
> * Run pidgin with the -d option to get debugging output on the terminal.
> * Have someone else that you haven't talked to yet add you on Yahoo IM.
>   Do you see the authorization confirmation request in your Buddy List?
>   When you have both added each other, do you immediately see each 
> other online?
>   Or do you need to restart pidgin to see each other?
> * Is this reproducible by removing each other from respective Buddy 
> Lists and repeating the procedure?
>
> Warren Togami
> wtogami at redhat.com
>
I've got no F9 around but I've just tested on F7 (recompiled from the 
latest available sources as downloaded from fedora cvs) and everything 
seems OK.

For the record:

Name        : pidgin                       Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.5.1                             Vendor: (none)
Release     : 1.fc7                         Build Date: Mon 01 Sep 2008 
11:11:07 AM EEST
Install Date: Mon 01 Sep 2008 11:17:17 AM EEST      Build Host: 
wolfy.nobugconsulting.ro


I can also rebuild and test on Centos 5 if this is useful.