[Pidgin] #6268: Menus are enabled or visible even when they have no functional purpose

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#6268: Menus are enabled or visible even when they have no functional purpose
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  Reporter:  foxmajik  |       Owner:  nwalp
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new  
  Priority:  minor     |   Milestone:       
 Component:  XMPP      |     Version:  2.4.3
Resolution:            |    Keywords:       
   Pending:  1         |  
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Changes (by foxmajik):

  * pending:  1 => 0

Comment:

 It doesn't make any sense to present menus that have no functional
 purpose.

 Admittedly I don't write software very often, but I don't understand how
 presenting menu options that do nothing can be practical.

 The only way I can think of to better express my point is to offer an
 analogy.

 Suppose that you're a nurse and it's your job to hand tools to the surgeon
 who is doing the operation.  Why would you hand him a scalpel, a clamp and
 a ferret?  How does offering him a ferret further the operation he's
 trying to perform?

 Certainly the ferret may be valuable in other contexts but in the context
 of a surgical procedure it only serves to confuse the surgeon.

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