diff -ur pidgin-libnotify-0.14.orig/src/pidgin-libnotify.c pidgin-libnotify-0.14.mine/src/pidgin-libnotify.c
--- pidgin-libnotify-0.14.orig/src/pidgin-libnotify.c	2008-12-14 17:45:51.000000000 +0000
+++ pidgin-libnotify-0.14.mine/src/pidgin-libnotify.c	2010-12-29 21:19:33.495080501 +0000
@@ -131,16 +131,10 @@
 }
 
 /* do NOT g_free() the string returned by this function */
-static gchar *
+const static gchar *
 best_name (PurpleBuddy *buddy)
 {
-	if (buddy->alias) {
-		return buddy->alias;
-	} else if (buddy->server_alias) {
-		return buddy->server_alias;
-	} else {
-		return buddy->name;
-	}
+	return purple_buddy_get_contact_alias(buddy);
 }
 
 static GdkPixbuf *