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by rw_grim 2y ago
You should look at the matrix specs, include the new matrix 2 stuff... My point is, this argument is a bad one as it expects people to get the protocols right on the first try and that's never going to happen.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Sorry Mattj, but thank you for saying these things kindly :) It's true Pidgin 2's XMPP support sucks, there's no denying that. That said we can't easily fix that with the current API which is why Pidgin3/Purple3 is
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by rw_grim 2y ago
We're still here and we're getting close to finally getting a pre alpha Pidgin 3 out the door. In the mean time check out https://pidgin.im/plugins for third party plugins that provide at least basic support most
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by rw_grim 2y ago
> Develop open-source software (OSS) that is interoperable with QNX software, provided you make the resulting OSS publicly available at no charge. Even the GPL doesn't have this restriction...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
libolm was not using battle tested crypto. That's one of their main reasons for abandoning it. Our plan is to use gcrypto for it which is battle tested. As far as vodozemac goes, we're not pulling rust into our build system.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
That plugin was abandoned and we (the pidgin team) are unlikely to pick it up as we're planning our own implementation.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
We have been planning a new from scratch version that'll be in tree, but with the retirement of libolm which is for good reasons, it means we're going to have to write our own OLM implementation at some point as well. https:&#x2F
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by rw_grim 2y ago
The idea is to slow them down and make it harder. We don't have the time, resources, or expertise to examine every plugin which is precisely why we don't host or provide binaries for external plugins.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Surprise, this is just an index of plugins on a webpage and not in app at all...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
A more in-depth post will be coming soon. I'm working on the first draft of it tonight on everything that happened.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Yeah we're still here and trying to get an experimental pre-alpha release of Pidgin3 out by the end of the year. Unfortunately basically everything had to change to support modern chat features, so initial protocol support is going to
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by rw_grim 2y ago
We're finally gearing up to have an experimental release of Pidgin 3.0 by the end of the year, but the goal right now only include the IRC protocol. But everything has been updated to support all of the newer chat features so support f
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by rw_grim 2y ago
You may want to see the full plugin list as well https://pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type=Protoco... If there's something we're missing, please let me know!
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by rw_grim 2y ago
It's an issue with libpurple and the user interfaces. It's something we'll ideally be tackling in the next few months in purple3/pidgin3 as we get closer and closer to an alpha release.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Last I checked the homebrew version of pidgin was native...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Responsibly disclosing security issues is paramount to software security. See https://pidgin.im/about/security/advisories/ for a full break down. That said, the vulnerabilities in "libpurple" were w
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by rw_grim 2y ago
We're working hard on that update.. But volunteers only have so much time, but hopefully we'll have an alpha soon (tm).
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by rw_grim 2y ago
We're still hard at work trying to get support for new chat features in Pidgin. You can find our quarterly updates here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUmrAdJiXFMVZXy5DIrL8...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
I believe EveryBuddy was the first multiprotocol client, but then Gaim got revived and took a bunch of the work the EveryBuddy developers did. As time went on Gaim became Pidgin, and EveryBuddy became Ayttm.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Thank you for apologizing.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
That's what tech crunch and others are reporting https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/wordpress-com-owner-automa...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Yeah I know, I was just using the opportunity to vent some frustration :)
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by rw_grim 2y ago
Yep it's a great place to be especially when the CEO from a company punches down on a volunteer project on the day that CEO sold their company for 125 Million USD... /s
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by rw_grim 2y ago
It did last I knew, but I don't use teams so I don't know for certain.
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by rw_grim 2y ago
We're still here and still supporting tons of stuff... https://pidgin.im/plugins/?publisher=all&query=&type=Protoco...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
I wrote more on this topic here https://dev.to/grim/why-is-there-no-mobile-version-of-pidgin...
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by rw_grim 2y ago
FWIW, Pidgin is still very much alive, we even had a release in February... Also not sure what "very open Pidgin" means as we're 100% GPLv2 but whatever.
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by rw_grim 4y ago
It's essentially a brand new program/library now.
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by rw_grim 4y ago
even then it'd be open source so people could just write their own versions
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by rw_grim 4y ago
You're very welcome, thanks for using it!

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