[Pidgin] #12629: bonjour, ipv6 and link-local addresses: Unable to send the message, the conversation couldn't be started.

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#12629: bonjour, ipv6 and link-local addresses: Unable to send the message, the
conversation couldn't be started.
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 Reporter:  ao2              |        Owner:  datallah
     Type:  defect           |       Status:  closed  
Milestone:  2.7.4            |    Component:  Bonjour 
  Version:  2.7.3            |   Resolution:  fixed   
 Keywords:  ipv6 link-local  |  
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Comment(by datallah):

 I guess I don't know enough about IPv6 to answer that correctly.

 In general the network API operates at the hostname level - the bonjour
 case where an IP address is used directly is somewhat uncommon.  I would
 assume that during hostname resolution, the appropriate scope would be
 determined transparently by `getaddrinfo()`.  In the case where an IP
 address is used, presumably the right thing to do there is to include the
 scope as part of the address like we're doing here.

 I'm not sure what a fix in the low-level code would even look like?  An
 optional attribute to a connect host to specify scope?!  I hope not.

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