[Pidgin] #336: Auto-personize (auto-contactize) duplicate accounts (was: Auto-personize duplicate accounts)

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#336: Auto-personize (auto-contactize) duplicate accounts
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 Reporter:  rlaager      |        Owner:  rlaager  
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new      
Milestone:  3.0.0        |    Component:  libpurple
  Version:  2.0          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:               |  
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Description changed by rlaager:

Old description:

> Somewhat related to ticket #44, libpurple (or Pidgin) should
> automatically combine buddies where we know *for certain* they are the
> same account on a given service.
>
> I believe I committed some prpl URL stuff before. Basically, if the URL
> is the same for two buddies in the same group, they should be combined.

New description:

 Somewhat related to ticket #44, libpurple (or Pidgin) should automatically
 combine buddies (within a group) where we are reasonably certain they are
 the same person. For example, we can turn everything into an equivalent
 e-mail address and create contacts based on that:

 {{{
 AIM/ICQ: %s at aim.com                  -> richielaager at aim.com ||
 1234567890 at aim.com
 Yahoo:   msn   ? (%s : %s at yahoo.com) -> rlaager at hotmail.com  ||
 rlaager at yahoo.com
 MSN:     yahoo ? (%s at yahoo.com : %s) -> rlaager at yahoo.com    ||
 rlaager at hotmail.com
 XMPP:    %s (w/o resource)           -> rlaager at gmail.com
 }}}

 In this way, if someone has my Yahoo account on both their Yahoo and MSN
 accounts, they will group. Buddies will likewise group when adding AIM
 buddies on ICQ or vice versa.

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