[Pidgin] #788: Removes user pictures from server

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#788: Removes user pictures from server
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 Reporter:  shreevatsa    |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.0   
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0     
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 With a fresh Pidgin install, and using a Google account (XMPP protocol,
 etc.), Pidgin removes the user's picture. This is serious -- it's not just
 a matter of the picture not displaying, the image is actually gone for
 ever. I've only tried this on Google, but the problem may include other
 servers, or other protocols, I don't know.

 Steps to reproduce:

  1. Get a Google account.
  2. Using GMail or something, set a user picture for that account.
  3. Test it from GMail or other IM clients or old Gaim, see that the
 picture works, etc. :)
  4. Make a fresh install of Pidgin 2.0.0
  5. Add that account, use it for a while
  6. The userpic disappears (after a while?)

 None of your friends can see it, and if you log in to GMail, you'll see
 that no pic has been set.

 I know at least three people this has happened to.

 Some users might be quite upset (might have lost the picture, etc.), so
 I'd say this is at least somewhat important.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/788>
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