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xubuntu-meta package

Remove pidgin from seeds

Bug #1936417 reported by Yousuf 'Jay' Philips
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xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

IMs aren't as used as they were many years ago, as many of the IM networks have shutdown and people are using communication platforms like whatsapp, telegram, slack, discord, etc. Removing pidgin will free up 36Mb of space from the regular install.

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https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2021-May/012075.html

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

Removing pidgin per team vote:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2021-July/012101.html

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-meta - 2.238

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xubuntu-meta (2.238) impish; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added baobab to desktop-recommends (LP: #1934932)
  * Added gnome-disk-utility to desktop-recommends (LP: #1934932)
  * Added rhythmbox to desktop-recommends (LP: #1934926)
  * Added xfce4-clipman-plugin to desktop-recommends (LP: #1934925)
  * Removed pidgin from desktop-recommends (LP: #1936417)
  * Removed pidgin-otr from desktop-recommends

 -- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:13:01 -0400

Changed in xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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