[Pidgin] #7056: group contacts based on email/JID/Passport

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#7056: group contacts based on email/JID/Passport
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 Reporter:  BUGabundo                                       |        Owner:              
     Type:  enhancement                                     |       Status:  new         
Milestone:                                                  |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.1                                           |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  groups,expand,collapse,contacts, UI,Uniformity  |  
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Comment(by BUGabundo):

 Replying to [comment:6 deryni]:
 > I do not think automatically grouping based on the buddy name is a good
 idea. For example, AIM and Yahoo names are indistinguishable, but there is
 no guarantee that users with the same AIM and Yahoo names are the same
 person.

 Yes, I already had that talk with a friend. This would only work for
 accounts that use a FULL email, not just IDs.
 So MSN and XMPP work fine, but Yahoo or AIM won't.

 Replying to [comment:6 deryni]:
 > I have no idea why pidgin would ask you to group buddies with the same
 empty alias. Are you sure the alias was empty (and not defaulting to the
 username)?

 It might have assumed the email, instead of blank or empty

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