[Pidgin] #8400: Alias/IM account relationship

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#8400: Alias/IM account relationship
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 Reporter:  sfsdfd        |           Owner:  lschiere
     Type:  defect        |          Status:  new     
Component:  unclassified  |         Version:  2.5.4   
 Keywords:                |   Launchpad_bug:          
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 Pidgin does some very strange things regarding the association of aliases
 and IM accounts. For example:

 * When an alias that contains a single account isn't expanded, renaming
 the alias automatically renames the account.

 * When an alias is expanded, renaming the single account automatically
 renames the alias.

 * When some profile settings are lost, Pidgin restores the entire list of
 IM accounts, but the alias information is completely lost. (This happened
 today when I installed Pidgin and then moved the configuration directory
 via the purplehome environment variable.)

 * It's common for duplicate instances of an IM account to exist in the
 buddy list, such as in two different groups, or even as consecutive
 duplicate entries. When validation/authorization of an IM account for a
 contact is received, a brand-new alias containing the IM account is often
 created - even if the IM account already exists within an alias.

 Some cleanup work is definitely in order here.

 Regards,

 David Stein

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