[Pidgin] #3217: Need binary of 'groupmsg' plugin

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#3217: Need binary of 'groupmsg' plugin
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  Reporter:  foxmajik         |       Owner:  datallah                          
      Type:  task             |      Status:  closed                            
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:                                    
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.0                             
Resolution:  invalid          |    Keywords:  groupmsg, multiple, roster, plugin
   Pending:  0                |  
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Comment (by rekkanoryo):

 This comment is in direct reply to foxmajik.

 As the primary developer on the Purple Plugin Pack, I agree fully with
 deryni.  It is not the responsibility of the Pidgin/Finch/libpurple
 developers to file tickets against our plugins simply because someone
 decided to forego our ticket opening procedures and incorrectly posted a
 bug, feature request, or patch on the wrong trac.  '''It is the
 responsibility ''of the user'' (in this case, you) to file tickets at our
 trac.'''  If this situation is perceived as rude, then so be it--this is
 the way things are, and it isn't going to change any time soon.  The fact
 that there is intersection between the Pidgin developers and "Crazy Patch
 Writers" and our developers is irrelevant and immaterial to this
 discussion.

 Note also that we (the Purple Plugin Pack developers) do not allow non-
 developers to modify any attributes of our tickets, which makes it utterly
 impossible for someone else to put your e-mail address in the "CC" field
 of a ticket on our trac.  For that matter, given that you already pointed
 out the correct URL for our trac, you could post the ticket yourself, as
 you should have to begin with.  I'll save you the trouble though and point
 out that at least three such tickets have been opened asking for the
 plugin, and subsequently closed "wontfix" as explained next.

 Again speaking as part of the Purple Plugin Pack's project, we as a
 project maintain that the abuse potential for this plugin far outweighs
 any potential good use, and as such we will '''''never''''' distribute
 precompiled binaries of the plugin.  It also does not build by default,
 and in fact won't build at all unless you specifically build it manually--
 which we provide clear instructions on how to do.  This is not going to
 change, and in fact I am now ''strongly'' in favor of removing the plugin
 and a similar one from our source repository entirely to avoid these
 requests in the future.  The whole point of making users who want to use
 the plugin compile it is an attempt to raise the entry threshold so that
 those who would abuse the plugin have less incentive to use it.  If that
 drives legitimate users away, that's fine by us.  We're not out to win any
 popularity contests.

 I think I've pretty much covered all the necessary topics here, so I'll
 let this ticket remain dead.

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