[Pidgin] #617: Renaming a group ate my OSCAR buddies

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#617: Renaming a group ate my OSCAR buddies
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  Reporter:  elb           |       Owner:  MarkDoliner
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  major         |   Milestone:             
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0        
Resolution:                |    Keywords:             
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by DBDigital):

 Replying to [comment:2 elb]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 DBDigital]:
 > > This bug has been known about for quite a while actually (for several
 versions, but I forget which one it started).  It is best NOT to rename
 any groups that use the OSCAR protocol as you may loose those contacts.  I
 also suggest getting the listhandler plugin from
 http://plugins.guifications.org/trac (it is in the plugin pack).  This
 will allow you to backup your list.  Though you only will want to restore
 it if you have to, as it may ask for auhtorization from contacts that have
 that feature turned on.  However it is much better than loosing the
 contacts entirely.
 >
 > Thank you, !DBDigital, but I am a core Pidgin developer.  This bug was
 opened so that this issue can be ''fixed''.


 I applolgize if I "steped on your toes" as it where.  I was just offering
 that I had ran into this myself and found a tempoary workaround until it
 is fixed.  And I thought that this information might be helpful.

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