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Description of problem:
GTK no longer recommends the use of the API that pidgin is using to blink the icon, and they have removed it from newer versions of GTK. It is thus less surprising than it could be that it doesn't work perfectly. As such, we change the icon repeatedly instead of relying on GTK doing it for us. This seems to work more reliably.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pidgin-2.10.11-1.el7.x86_64

Created attachment 1264654 [details]
Patch to fix the issue can be applied with -p1 to standard el7 spec file

Hey Vladimir, where did you find this patch? I can't find it in pidgin's upstream git mirror. Is it a downstream patch from Debian?

https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus/issues/6

Upstream pidgin bug:
https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/17174

setting doctext- for 7.4

Here's a scratch build:
https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=20652569

Built pidgin-2.10.11-8.el7:
https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=20662915

I can confirm that with version pidgin-2.10.11-8.el7.x86_64 icon blinks wonderfully and doesn't disappear.

Sanity tests went fine as well.

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-2019:2044