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[Evan Schoenberg]

On Jun 11, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Eric Richie <eric at adium.im> wrote:

> On Jun 11, 2011, at 12:34 PM, John Bailey wrote:
> 
>> On 06/11/2011 11:06 AM, Eric Richie wrote:
>>> It's always something...
>>> 
>>> I'd really prefer that we had an actual fix if at all possible. I don't want to
>>> see us get into a situation where we go back to the old method, only to have
>>> that fall apart next week and need to rush another release to fix the fix.
>> 
>> I agree entirely.  See below.
>> 
>>> John, do you guys know anything about this yet? Is it related to the agreement
>>> signing?
>> 
>> I suspect the fact that our key hasn't been blacklisted yet is due to the fact
>> that Ivan was actively speaking with someone at ICQ.  I could be mistaken, though.
>>> 
>>> As much as I hate to say it, this is one of the few situations where we should
>>> hold 1.4.2 again until we know more about what's going on. If we find out that
>>> it's temporary and will require no changes on our part, we'll move forward. If
>>> it requires a fix, I think we should try to do so prior to release.
>> 
>> If you need a temporary fix, I'd say use one of the official clients' keys.
>> It's going to be difficult for them to invalidate those keys without hurting
>> their own users, and it'd still be a cat-and-mouse game where all we'd have to
>> do is simply keep copying their new keys.
> 
> If that's the case then we might as well just use the official Mac client's key and see how it plays out with the rest.
> 
> Any objections?

I think that's the best plan. There is no advantage to us at present of using a custom key, since this only allows them to block access as we've seen in the current case.

-Evan

> 
> -Eric