I'd like to know if that's a feature they fixed goon cause if so I need to take my maxbping plug in out. I was under the same impression that 2.5 was still a wp ping problem.
My faves right now are
sociable
All in one
SEO
Google Sitemaps
WP-Stats
WP-Cache
WP-DBManager
WP-Autotagger
I'm also using the WP Traffic Plug ins:
Socialize it Pro
Rss aggregator
Not to hijack the thread but 2.6 just came out today too guys. If anyone experiences any problems with upgrading and their plug ins maybe we should open a new thread. Fawk it I'll do it anyway. :-)