[Pidgin] #17372: ICQ: Protocol is deprecated and now dead, protocol replacement is needed (was: ICQ: OSCAR is deprecated and now dead, protocol replacement is needed)

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#17372: ICQ: Protocol is deprecated and now dead, protocol replacement is needed
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 Reporter:  Wohlstand                         |       Owner:  MarkDoliner
     Type:  task                              |      Status:  new
Milestone:                                    |   Component:  ICQ
  Version:  2.12.0                            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ICQ OSCAR-dead Need-New-Protocol  |
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Changes (by Wohlstand):

 * version:   => 2.12.0


Old description:

> At the end of 2018'th Mail-Ru company (a current owner of ICQ network)
> have announced the deprecation of OSCAR protocol completely (through a
> direct letter to every user who is using OSCAR protocol) and recently
> they are have shouted down all OSCAR-based servers. Pidgin now reports
> that it can't connect to the BOS server. The only way to rescue ICQ
> support is the making of a new ICQ plugin that will use modern protocol.
> It's the good case that complete source code of official ICQ client is
> available publically: https://github.com/mailru/icqdesktop
>
> New protocol does use of encryption, has the support of stickers like
> Telegram and others, calls, etc.
>
> There are a lot of people are don't want to use official ICQ client and
> prefer to use any custom one. Pidgin is one of the clients that supports
> ICQ. Until OSCAR servers were deprecated officially and nuked down.

New description:

 At the end of 2018'th Mail-Ru company (a current owner of ICQ network)
 have announced the shutdown of "legacy" protocol support completely
 (through a direct letter to every user who is using legacy protocol) and
 recently (December 28, 2018) they are have shouted down all servers are
 supported the old protocol. Pidgin now reports that it can't connect to
 the BOS server. The only way to rescue ICQ support is the making of an
 update of the ICQ plugin to use modern protocol. It's the good case that
 complete source code of official ICQ client is available publically:
 https://github.com/mailru/icqdesktop

 New protocol does use of encryption, has the support of stickers like
 Telegram and others, calls, etc.

 There are a lot of people are don't want to use official ICQ client and
 prefer to use any custom one. Pidgin is one of the clients that supports
 ICQ. Until OSCAR servers were deprecated officially and nuked down.

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