1) libsilc-1.1-2-dev (or whichever version is in 8.10) to be added as a build-dep to the pidgin source package
2) libsilc-1.1-2 (or whichever version is in 8.10) to be added as a dependency to the libpurpl0 package
With those 2 changes SILC support in Pidgin should "just work" which I think is what everyone would like to see.
As it appears silc-toolkit is going into main (https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ silc-toolkit/ +bug/211179), I believe all that needs to happen now is:
1) libsilc-1.1-2-dev (or whichever version is in 8.10) to be added as a build-dep to the pidgin source package
2) libsilc-1.1-2 (or whichever version is in 8.10) to be added as a dependency to the libpurpl0 package
With those 2 changes SILC support in Pidgin should "just work" which I think is what everyone would like to see.