Bug 1470681

Summary:	Disable MSN
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Debarshi Ray <debarshir>
Component:	pidgin	Assignee:	Debarshi Ray <debarshir>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version:	7.5	CC:	tpelka
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Description Debarshi Ray 2017-07-13 12:55:17 UTC

Pidgin upstream has removed support for MySpace because it doesn't work anymore. See: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/www/src/tip/htdocs/ChangeLog?fileviewer=file-view-default

It says:

* Removed the MSN protocol plugin. It has been unusable and dormant for some
  time. MSNP18 has been discontinued and the protocol plugin would require a
  large update to start working again. See: http://ismsndeadyet.com/ The
  third-party Pidgin SkypeWeb plugin, however, should provide enough
  functionality as a replacement if people still want to use MSN:
  https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb

Let's do the same to reduce the total code surface exposed to security attacks.

Comment 2 Debarshi Ray 2017-10-05 18:22:34 UTC

(In reply to Debarshi Ray from comment #0)
> Pidgin upstream has removed support for MySpace

Sorry, copy/paste fiasco. I meant MSN.

Comment 3 Debarshi Ray 2017-10-06 16:39:07 UTC

I have built pidgin-2.10.11-6.el7:
https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=14210258

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 15:08:08 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0846