Update: Pidgin 2.5.4
The rather silly hang-on-exit bug introduced in Pidgin 2.5.3 (Windows) is finally fixed! Other than that, 2.5.4 packs a host of other fixes, making this a true, yet highly expected, YABR.
EXE installer, 13.6MB, MD5 sum: FC87E991B2484C4EAC968E17A41B0D6D
Portable version (extract to USB stick): Download Pidgin 2.5.4 Portable
EXE installer, 13.8MB, MD5 sum: 7D453D05CEC24432226C39DB8F3E9F89
- Fix a connection timeout with empty Gadu-Gady buddy lists. (Martin Rosinski)
- Don’t ignore namespace information when parsing XMPP data. (Michal Witkowski)
- Fix a crash that occurred when retrieving certain Offline Messages on MSN.
- Extended purple-url-handler to handle “gtalk” URI’s. (Paul Aurich)
- Fix the hang on exit in Network Location Awareness for Windows XP and Windows Vista. (Paul Aurich)
MSN
- Change Contact Server to temporarily fix connection problems. (Thanks to Youness Alaoui)
XMPP
- Support for XEP-0191 blocking. (Vijay Raghunathan)
- Don’t put SASL PLAIN or IQ Auth passwords in debug logs. (Paul Aurich)
- Fix removal of avatars (both PEP and vCard), we weren’t removing them correctly before. (Paul Aurich)
Pidgin
- Fix a crash in the Add Account dialog when changing protocols under certain circumstances.
Finch
- Redirect stderr outputs to the debug window.
- Fix rebinding actions with the arrow-keys and tab.
- Windows-specific changes
- Fix the “Hang on Exit” issue that a number of users encountered.
Updated GTK+ to 2.14.6