[Pidgin] #5667: Decouple plugin name from protocol supported

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#5667: Decouple plugin name from protocol supported
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 Reporter:  felipec      |        Owner:           
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new      
Milestone:  3.0.0        |    Component:  libpurple
  Version:  2.4.1        |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by felipec):

 Replying to [comment:9 resiak]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 datallah]:
 > > I guess I don't know what benefit this would have.
 >
 > Felix's SoC project, prpl-telepathy, provides alternative
 implementations of most of the protocols that ship with libpurple. Right
 now, this means that there are two entries in the protocol list for each
 protocol.
 >
 > That said, switching transparently between two implementations of a
 protocol is unwise: they will probably have different options, for
 starters.

 Yes, the account options should be per prpl, but smiley themes should be
 per protocol, not prpl.

 Perhaps the contact list should also be per protocol, but I'm not so
 interested in that.

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