Second post of the day.
I finally fixed rediffbol-prpl protocol plugin for pidgin. I have blogged about the earlier versions. About two months ago, Rediff made some weird protocol changes to their already dreadful protocol. I waited for Binu Paul’s update to RTalk, before I made my changes.
I also noticed that due to this delay in updating, downloads have fallen from around 200 a month to Zero. This convinces me, however, that those 200 downloads were genuine and not done by bots. :) Another evidence, is the number of search results that end up with the searcher visiting my blog.
I also noticed how badly written my code is (it’s not that bad.. just badly documented, and inconsistent coding styles, and that kind of crap. Autotools was also set up wrongly.). I have learnt a lot since I coded this. I just don’t have time to fix things up. So that’ll be for 0.2.3 if it ever comes out.
Links: Download, Project Homepage.
August 9, 2008 at 3:42 am
When did “blog post” / “post” become “blog”? What is a blog called these days? :)
Autotools… sigh. It seems unavoidable, given that everything else sucks as well.
August 9, 2008 at 10:40 am
EDIT: Blog –> post :)
August 19, 2008 at 12:06 am
hi..buddy thnx 4 d new plugin..but unfortunately m nt able 2 use it..m using fedora 9..i have downloaded the plugin and installed it successfully.i have also got pidgin running…bt i donn know wht to do next.
i dont get a option to add a rediff account in pidgin->manage account …can u plz brief me abt the procedure…
by the way u can also write a step by step procedure on how to use your plugin..as still nw..thr’s no such guide available for it on d web..thanx in advance…hop 2 get a reply 4m u…plz mail it.to pabitra_kr@yahoo.co.in