Download Pidgin 2.10.2

A new version of Pidgin can be retrieved. This multi-protocol instant messaging program can handle the networks of AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, irc, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, Silc, Simple, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo and Zephyr. During installation, you can choose from as many as seventy different languages ​​and add spell check. Binaries are available for Windows, but the source code can be compiled under Linux. The program also integrates well into Gnome and the KDE SC. The Mac OS X port is released under the name Adium. In version 2.10.2, the following changes and improvements have been made:

General:

• Fix compilation when using binutils 2.22 and new GDK pixbuf. (#14799)
• Fix compilation of the MXit protocol plugin with GLib 2.31. (#14773)

Pidgin:

• Add support for the GNOME3 Network dialog. (#13882)
• Fix weird crash. (#14392)
• Add support for the GNOME3 Default Application dialog for configuring the Browser.

libpurple:

• Support new connection states and signals for NetworkManager 0.9+. (Dan Williams) (#13859)

AIM and ICQ:

• Fix a possible crash when receiving an unexpected message from the server. (Thijs Alkemade) (#14983)
• Allow signing on with usernames containing periods and underscores. (#13500)
• Allow adding buddies containing periods and underscores. (#13500)
• Don’t try to format ICQ usernames entered as email addresses. Gets rid of an “Unable to format username” error at login. (#13883)

MSN:

• Fix possible crashes caused by not validating incoming messages as UTF-8. (Thijs Alkemade) (#14884)
• Support new protocol version MSNP18. (#14753)
• Fix messages to offline contacts. (#14302)

Windows Specific Changes:

• Fix the installer downloading of spell-checking dictionaries (#14612)
• Fix compilation of the Bonjour protocol plugin. (#14802)

Plugins:

• The autoaccept plugin will no longer reset the preference for unknown buddies to “Auto Reject” in certain cases. (#14964)