Third Party Plugins on GoogleCode

[Gary Kramlich]

I have some better ideas for the plugin pack too, but that's like 3rd on my
big todo list.  When is google code shutting down again?

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Eion Robb <eion at robbmob.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Google Code is getting pretty close to shutting down, but we still have a
> bunch of links to it on the ThirdPartyPlugins wiki page.
>
> I've updated as many plugins that had a redirect or an 'official' link in
> the landing page but there's still a bunch of plugins that haven't got an
> official new home (either the author has abandoned it, or there's only some
> 'unofficial' mirrors of the code)
>
> Since it would be a shame to lose some of these old plugins, I'd like to
> propose a few options:
>  * Point to the 'unofficial' mirror, where available
>  * Pidgin to mirror the code for the old plugins
>  * Point all the code.google.com projects to
> https://code.google.com/archive/ (and hope that that doesn't get shut
> down too)
>  * Ask the Guifications guys nicely if they'd host them as part of the
> purple-plugin-pack
>
> All of the options have their flaws, so not sure what you all think is the
> best option.
>
>
> Also, if you are one of the authors of the below plugins and you're on the
> dev mailing list, can you port your code to somewhere and update the google
> code page? BitBucket has a tool for importing and there's a big ol' "Export
> to Github" button on the plugin page that'll make it easy to port there if
> you want to.  You can also email the Google Code Shutdown Team to get an
> auto-redirect on the project to its new home.
>
> Cheers,
> Eion
>
>
> (hope this doesn't trip too many spam-blockers for too many links!)
>
> The plugins in question are:
>
> FList - https://code.google.com/p/flist-pidgin/
>  * I think this has moved to https://github.com/fcwill/fchat-pidgin ?
>
> GroupMe - https://code.google.com/p/purple-groupme/
>  * Mirrors at https://github.com/thepaperpilot/purple-groupme/ and
> https://github.com/KronosKoderS/purple-groupme
>
> libqq-Pidgin - https://code.google.com/p/libqq-pidgin/
>  * Mirror at https://github.com/lijinglue/libqq-pidgin but I believe this
> version of the protocol is dead?
>
> Microblog-purple - http://microblog-purple.googlecode.com
>  * Mirrors at https://github.com/tieum/microblog-purple and
> https://github.com/micgro42/microblog-purple
>
> Bluetooth Notifier - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-bt/
>  * No mirror
>
> KNotifications - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotifications/
>  * Mirrors at https://github.com/chrissamuel/pidgin-knotifications and
> https://github.com/AltarBeastiful/pidgin-knotifications
>
> Notifo Notifications - https://code.google.com/p/gtk-ftischhauser-notifo/
>  * No mirror
>
> Pidgin-Dock - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-cairo-dock/
>  * Mirror at https://github.com/exscape/pidgin_cairo_dock
>
> Pidgin-Identica-Status - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-identica-status/
>  * No mirror
>
> Status to Twitter - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-status-to-twitter/
>  * No mirror
>
> Twitter in your Profile -
> https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-twitter-profile/
> * No mirror
>
> MusicTracker - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-musictracker/
> * Mirrors at https://github.com/yshui/pidgin-musictracker-fork and
> https://github.com/petervizi/pidgin-musictracker
>
> Adium to Pidgin themes converter -
> https://code.google.com/p/adium2pidgin-themes/
> * Mirror at https://github.com/addaitech/adium2pidgin-themes
>
> Expand - https://code.google.com/p/expand/
> * Mirror at https://github.com/mikeage/expand
>
> Guiops - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-guiops/
> * No mirror
>
> pidgin-cmds - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-cmds/
> * Mirror at https://github.com/tectronics/pidgin-cmds
>
> pidgin-nudge - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-nudge/
> * No mirror
>
> Pidgin Personal Bar - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-personalbar/
> * No mirror
>
> Quickadd - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-quickadd/
> * No mirror
>
> Auto Authorization -
> https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-autoauthorization-plugin
> * No mirror
>
> forward2mobile - https://code.google.com/p/forward2mobile/
> * No mirror
>
> Logviewer - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-logviewer/
> * Mirror at https://github.com/ypid/pidgin-logviewer
>
> Hide Inactive Buddies, Language Translator -
> https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-plugins
> * No mirror
>
> Paintboard - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-paintboard/
> * No mirror
>
> Pidgin-google-contact - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-google-contact/
> * Mirrors at https://github.com/aebrahim/pidgin-google-contact and
> https://github.com/wilberthch/pidgin-google-contact
>
> Pidgin-googledesktop - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-googledesktop/
> * No mirror
>
> Pidglet - https://code.google.com/p/pidglet/
> * Mirror at https://github.com/killerpommes/pidglet
>
> Pidgin Screenshot - https://code.google.com/p/pidgin-sendscreenshot/
> * Mirrors at https://github.com/jfrederickson/pidgin-sendscreenshot and
> https://github.com/clickbeetle/pidgin-sendscreenshot and
> https://github.com/oglops/pidgin-sendscreenshot
>
> Url Scout - https://code.google.com/p/urlscout/
> * Mirror at https://github.com/megacoder/urlscout
>
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Gary Kramlich <grim at reaperworld.com>
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