There are a number of issues with the version currently in cooker and shipped with 9.0. Many people have experienced lots of crashes with it. Apparently the MSN module doesn't work because of a bug in the everybuddy build with gcc3. The Yahoo module has bugs in it that can cause the entire app to crash. Unfortunately even the currently released version (0.4.3; cooker is still with 0.4.2) doesn't fix all of these issues.
I've been running a CVS version for the past several weeks. It seems to resolve most of the issues and is really rather stable. I've uploaded it to incoming and put it on my site. It's available at: http://mirror.brain.org/linux/breser/i586/cooker/RPMS/everybuddy-0.4.3-3.20021017.1mdk.i586.rpm Please use the release number I used... it keeps it compatible with my 0.4.3 packages that a number of people are already using. Same RPM is good for 9.0. I also have just the 0.4.3 release (not the CVS version up). But that RPM certainly has the Yahoo crashiness in it and the buggy MSN module. Lenny, you're listed as the maintainer of the package... Considering that you're rather busy with other things I'd be more than happy to take on maintaining this package. I've been building my own RPMs of it anyway just so I can get the fixes which doesn't seem to make their way to cooker as fast as I would like. At any rate here are the details on the package I uploaded: Name : everybuddy Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.4.3 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 3.20021017.1mdk Build Date: Sun 03 Nov 2002 04:11:49 PM PST Install date: Sun 03 Nov 2002 04:15:22 PM PST Build Host: occipital.brain.org Group : Networking/Instant messaging Source RPM: everybuddy-0.4.3-3.20021017.1mdk.src.rpm Size : 3050279 License: GPL Packager : Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.everybuddy.com/ Summary : Instant messaging client Description : Everybuddy is designed to become a Universal Instant Messaging client designed to seamlessly integrate all existing Instant Messaging clients and provide a single consistant user interface. Currently, Everybuddy supports sending and receiving messages via AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC and Jabber. * Sun Nov 03 2002 Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0.4.3-3.20021017.1mdk - CVS version update, includes fixes for Yahoo and MSN. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "If you're not making any mistakes, you're flat out not trying hard enough." - Jim Nichols
