There is nothing wrong with 2.3.1, I'm using that right now.. and I'm connected to both MSN and Yahoo, and have been since at least Thursday.
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bsdfan 7391 0.7 10.8 13440 28232 ?? S Thu11PM 20:30.74 pidgin
I understand your desire to keep all your packages up-to-date, but it's unnecessary.. using -CURRENT packages on 4.3 is not supported.