Pidgin tray icon not transparent (2.6.6)

Hi, stock arch instalation, fully updated packages.
(standard repo's, no testing, no any additional repo's just default ones)
Pidgin icon not transparent in gnome panel.
Is this gnome-panel related, or Pidgin related?
Some other icons like Skype are transparent, but others are not
(VLC player tray icon is not transparent, for instance)

As said on the bugtracker:
For those who wish to get this working before pidgin 2.7, you can build the current 2.6 from ABS with patches and it seems to be working. See jarryson's later posts in http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=731130 . Other apps are still in need of their own fixes. It occurs with many themes, but not with some..
Last edited by FrozenFox (2010-04-28 23:34:16)

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