[Pidgin] #1102: Pidgin breaks blist.xml

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#1102: Pidgin breaks blist.xml
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  Reporter:  czarny      |       Owner:  nwalp 
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor       |   Milestone:  2.1.0 
 Component:  libpurple   |     Version:  2.0   
Resolution:  worksforme  |    Keywords:  blist 
   Pending:  0           |  
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Comment (by elb):

 Replying to [comment:19 Valdar]:
 > My point of view is that it's acceptable for them because I'm not paying
 them for the software.  "It's a windows problem" means "stop using gaim,
 install Miranda-IM".  They lose one user/advocate.  Miranda is installed
 and I'm happily hard rebooting 200 times a day with no data loss now. :-)

 Note that Miranda almost certainly does NOT depend on the Windows POSIX
 layer; it is entirely possible (probable?) that the native Win32
 filesystem calls do not suffer from this bug.  There isn't a lot we can do
 about that; however, if someone were to donate a Win32-native and correct
 purple_util_write_data_to_file that built in our build environment (or one
 with moderate changes), and it fixed this problem, we would certainly
 apply it.

 > However, if I paid money for gaim, then I would be pretty pissed.
 >
 > This highlights a problem with open source in general and contributes to
 why it will never overtake commercial software, so I think you have a
 valid point in that argument.

 If you mean that there are many users who demand results, fling insults,
 and generally behave childishly without giving anything back, we are in
 complete agreement.  (This is not directed toward your comment, which, if
 somewhat confused here at the end, is polite and reasonable.)

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