Developers: Please support an official Pidgin-escargot module

Escargot MSN Server Suggestions
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The msn-pecan module is working for Pidgin. But it required modifications and it is not at all stable. I think that it is time that the developers of Escargot absorb the msn-pecan module for Pidgin, rename it pidgin-escargot.

This module is not very stable, and needs to mature more.

I think that Escargot should do something Microsoft never would: Support Linux users having access. A Pidgin Escargot module should be well maintained, support all of Escargot’s features, be stable, and support things like Image and File Transfer.

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thats… why wine exists

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There is this thing, GitHub - rhaamo/msn-pecan: MSN Messenger library in C which adds WLM support to pidgin, but you have to compile it.

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I am using both of those things. Only the Pidgin module on github is viable, and really works but it’s not really stable and needs to be improved.

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There’s a difference between emulating something for Linux and running something native to Linux. Wine isn’t exactly native to Linux when it comes to running applications on it…

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Furthermore, you may not realize this. A Purple moudulefor Pidgin can also be used to service Android users with Spectrum 2, or MS-DOS users with bitlbee.