I got Hal-ed at since I haven't reported on my adventure with Inkscape's Jabber support. There's not much to say other than that I was disappointed because it was a little too fresh out of the repository. It took me a good 24 hours to get it to compile with a number of library upgrades, including glibc. I also had to include ctype.h on a number of files which was a joy.
Once it did compile everything was in place. Besides menu items for Jabber, there was a new tool to draw diagrams by connecting shapes. This will come in extremely handy, especially for people who turn UML into an art form.
On the Jabber front, I wasn't able to share a document with the second instance I was running. I don't think invitations were implemented and nothing got sent in a conference. All I was able to do was connect to the server and get a list of people in my roster. Even that was a little flakey. The UI could also use a number of improvements too since it is far from beatiful.
If this were a finished version I would give it a thumbs down, but it's their development copy. With that in mind, they need some volunteers. This could make Inkscape extremely cool and useful, and they need all the encouragement and help they can get.
