[Pidgin] #5772: Automatic Plugin Updating

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#5772: Automatic Plugin Updating
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  Reporter:  IbrahimA     |       Owner:        
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:        
 Component:  plugins      |     Version:        
Resolution:  wontfix      |    Keywords:        
   Pending:  0            |  
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Changes (by rlaager):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix

Comment:

 I have no idea, but I'd guess that Firefox plugins are probably written
 with XUL and JavaScript mostly, so they aren't compiled into binaries. The
 fact that our plugins are generally written in C (though we do have hooks
 in other languages that somewhat work) means they have to be compiled into
 binaries.

 In all honesty, I don't think this is the right approach to this problem.
 If plugins are distributed through the normal distro channels, they'll get
 updated along with Pidgin (and everything else on the system). For this
 reason, I'm going to close this ticket rather than mark it with Patches
 welcome or Plugin Suggested.

 If you want to get involved with development, do feel free to hang out in
 #pidgin on irc.freenode.net and join the mailing list at devel at pidgin.im
 and start tackling small tasks to get your C knowledge up.

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