[Pidgin] #9290: irc: automatic alternative nick should be generated by adding an underscore

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#9290: irc: automatic alternative nick should be generated by adding an underscore
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 Reporter:  mhaecker     |        Owner:  elb    
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  pending
Milestone:               |    Component:  IRC    
  Version:  2.5.6        |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:               |  
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Changes (by deryni):

  * status:  new => pending


Comment:

 The freenode documentation uses foo_ as an example of what many clients
 do, there is *no* expectation that all clients will do it, and if your
 client doesn't do that (as pidgin does not) you can use those same
 directions with the pidgin alternate nicknames and they will work
 perfectly well.

 I see no reason to change what pidgin already does, any application that
 assumes a certain style is broken, and using a single underscore prevents
 multiple attempts from succeeding (without using multiple underscores
 which looks decidedly less friendly at higher counts than does an
 increasing integer).

 There is no "backwards compatability" issue here as this is not a feature
 anything can or should be counting on.

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