well i just got this email from the issue report

Comment #2 on issue 3 by iainmc...@gmail.com: An error occured which required your connection with the xfire server to be closed
http://code.google.com/p/openfire/issues/detail?id=3

Hi There,

Unfortunately, I have zero time to devote to openfire at the moment, and the development of v2 stalled a long time ago. The project is effectively dead :(

...sigh... can someone....give a few words for the project....?