[Pidgin] #1325: blist: add option to hide groups

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#1325: blist: add option to hide groups
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  Reporter:  Sim-on        |       Owner:                 
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  reopened       
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:  Patches welcome
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.1          
Resolution:                |    Keywords:                 
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by deryni):

 I am against this because of the confusion and complication it adds. The
 Add Buddy/Chat dialog includes a Group entry field, that field is already
 a cause of confusion to some people and will only be more so if they don't
 show groups at all. Not showing groups makes it even harder to deal with
 multiple duplicate buddies for the different accounts than it is now (and
 I am certain we will get people asking for the auto-contact dialog for
 buddies in the same groupless view as we have now for buddies in specific
 groups). Those are just to name a few, oh also, I don't think the default
 buddy list window which needs to Just Work is the place for things like
 this. I think a redesign of the buddy list window code to make replacing
 the buddy list view widget itself easier is and that then alternative
 buddy list implementations would be appropriate for things like this, for
 tag cloud views, etc.

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