[Pidgin] #9752: Unable to set Yahoo aliases

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#9752: Unable to set Yahoo aliases
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 Reporter:  theshirt23   |        Owner:  sulabh.dev
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  new       
Milestone:               |    Component:  Yahoo!    
  Version:  2.5.8        |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:  alias yahoo  |  
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Comment(by sulabh.dev):

 The issue regarding not updating the alias has been solved in
 2.6.0devel.[[BR]]
 But there is another issue now, its the confusion between the nickname and
 the alias.
 At least for yahoo prpl!, nickname is the one that gets updated on the
 server, and alias gets updated locally only.[[BR]]
 Now this might have been an intended behavior, but people are used to
 changing the alias by right clicking the buddy and choosing "Alias...",
 and they will assume this reflects at the server too, which is NOT true.
 This change happens locally only. Whereas to change the nickname (which
 syncs with the server too), they have to change it by doing so : right
 click the buddy > set user info > change nickname.[[BR]]

 Is this really the intended behavior.

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