On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 12:37 -0230, Damian Gerow wrote: > Ted Smith wrote: > > > Pidgin/OTR > > > > OTR is good, but libpurple is a "rat's nest of zero days" according to > > many (notably Jacob Applebaum), so I think I'd avoid it. Not sure what's > > better though. Maybe irssi+otr? > > libpurple may be a "rat's nest of zero days", but irssi+otr is a nightmare > to get working properly. I've given up on it, and I've started using > mcabber+otr instead. > > bitlbee+otr might be a better choice, and might provide the same network > access as libpurple, with irssi as the interface. However, I can't comment > as to the usability of such a configuration.
Last I looked, Bitlbee used an in-tree fork of an ancient version of libpurple for its protocol support. That may have changed since. /Nick
