Summary

Remove the SILC protocol plugin

Review Request #1970 — Created Oct. 26, 2022 and submitted Oct. 26, 2022, 1:24 a.m.

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Owner

grim

Repository

pidgin/pidgin

Branch

default

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pidgin

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Description

We've done a lot to try to keep this protocol plugin alive, but it crashes when
you try to connect to silcnet and most distros don't even have the dependency
anymore.

Therefore, I declare it's time that we drop our support for it.

Testing Done

Ran a full build and ninja pidgin-pot

Commits

Summary	ID
Remove the SILC protocol plugin We've done a lot to try to keep this protocol plugin alive, but it crashes when you try to connect to silcnet and most distros don't even have the dependency anymore. Therefore, I declare it's time that we drop our support for it.	a614b8fc171381a90c013a65d12e2d0d8c489c4f

Issues

Description	From	Last Updated
Missed meson_options.txt, pidgin/data/im.pidgin.Pidgin3.desktop.in.in, and man pages.	QuLogic	Oct. 26, 2022, 1:17 a.m.

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Missed meson_options.txt, pidgin/data/im.pidgin.Pidgin3.desktop.in.in, and man pages.

grim Oct. 26, 2022, 1:01 a.m.

Lets do a separate rr for the man page as it needs a lot more work.

Change Summary:

remove references from the desktop file and meson_options

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Remove the SILC protocol plugin We've done a lot to try to keep this protocol plugin alive, but it crashes when you try to connect to silcnet and most distros don't even have the dependency anymore. Therefore, I declare it's time that we drop our support for it.	7481154f36a8392145fe90a58eab4f65352b4b5c
	Remove the SILC protocol plugin We've done a lot to try to keep this protocol plugin alive, but it crashes when you try to connect to silcnet and most distros don't even have the dependency anymore. Therefore, I declare it's time that we drop our support for it.	a614b8fc171381a90c013a65d12e2d0d8c489c4f

Diff:

Revision 2 (+4 -20906)

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	meson.build
	meson_options.txt
	libpurple/protocols/meson.build
	libpurple/protocols/silc/README
	libpurple/protocols/silc/TODO
	libpurple/protocols/silc/buddy.c
	libpurple/protocols/silc/chat.c
	libpurple/protocols/silc/ft.h
	18 more

Ship it!

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Status:: Completed