The backport to Hardy does not appear to be a high priority. For Hardy users (as myself), if you add "http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin- developers/ppa/ubuntu hardy main" to your list of repositories under Third-Party Software Synaptic, you can upgrade to the fixed version from from there.
So much for LTS. :( -- Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs