Third Party Plugins on GoogleCode

[Eion Robb]

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On 17 January 2016 at 13:46, Gary Kramlich <grim at reaperworld.com> wrote:

> 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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>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Gary Kramlich <grim at reaperworld.com>
>
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