[Pidgin] #2560: Special group names cause ICQ 2003a to crash

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Tue Aug 14 11:35:15 EDT 2007


#2560: Special group names cause ICQ 2003a to crash
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 Reporter:  birdblah                     |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new                          |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  pidgin (gtk)                 |    Version:  2.1.0      
 Keywords:  icq 2003a group name online  |    Pending:  0          
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 Today I regrouped my buddies in pidgin and renamed one group to "online".
 This
 change wasn't a problem for ICQ6, ICQ5 and ICQ2003b buildB 3916 but ICQ
 2003a build
 3800 instantly crashed on start.

 This may be due to a function in ICQ 2003a that allows to group users in
 online and
 offline users. Perhaps it tries to create a pseudo group "online" but
 fails because
 it already exists.

 I know this is about an outdated ICQ version and not a real pidgin problem
 but I
 suggest to not allow groupnames like "online" and "offline" - according to
 a closed
 ticket you see no reason to name a group like this anyway.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2560>
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