Okay, Net::Jabber 1.28 requires XML::Stream 1.16 which requires Perl 5.8 for Unicode support. And I read that as requires 5.8 period. My bad, since the source clearly has use 5.006_001;

Still, XML::Stream 1.16 hangs at buildxml test 3, so there must be something funny going on. I'll have to send an email to the maintainer.

Thanks for the sanity check!

--Solo