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On 2/4/08, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 15:11 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > On Monday 04 February 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> > > Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > > Why is gaim no longer in portage? Is it dead upstream? |
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> > > It has been renamed to Pidgin in 2007 to prevent some legal |
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> > > issues with AOL and their AIM product. |
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> > From Michael Sullivan's comment shall I assume that you also did not see |
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> > portage warning about Gaim-over (pun intended) or perhaps you never had |
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> Gaim |
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> > installed? |
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> > Anyone else who can confirm that they have Gaim installed but not seen |
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> the |
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> > portage warning? |
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> I have gaim installed, and I use it every day, but I haven't seen any |
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> warnings from portage. Will pidgin be able to read my ~/.gaim/* files? |
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Yes. But be aware that if you keep logs of your IM and chat traffic, that |
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the first time pidgin starts will take a LONG time. But when it's over, you |
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will have everything, or at least I did. |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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