pidginPackages: drop broken packages (#443669)

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix

···
       texLive = texliveBasic;
     };
 
-    pidgin-msn-pecan = callPackage ./msn-pecan { };
-
-    pidgin-mra = callPackage ./pidgin-mra { };
-
     pidgin-carbons = callPackage ./carbons { };
 
     pidgin-xmpp-receipts = callPackage ./pidgin-xmpp-receipts { };
···
 
     purple-slack = callPackage ./purple-slack { };
 
-    purple-vk-plugin = callPackage ./purple-vk-plugin { };
-
     purple-xmpp-http-upload = callPackage ./purple-xmpp-http-upload { };
 
     tdlib-purple = callPackage ./tdlib-purple { };
-
-    pidgin-opensteamworks = callPackage ./pidgin-opensteamworks { };
-
-    purple-facebook = callPackage ./purple-facebook { };
-
   }
   // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
     purple-matrix = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-matrix' has been unmaintained since April 2022, so it was removed.";
     pidgin-skypeweb = throw "'pidginPackages.pidgin-skypeweb' has been removed since Skype was shut down in May 2025.";
     purple-hangouts = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-hangouts' has been removed as Hangouts Classic is obsolete and migrated to Google Chat.";
+    pidgin-msn-pecan = throw "'pidginPackages.pidgin-msn-pecan' has been removed as it's unmaintained upstream and doesn't work with escargot";
+    pidgin-mra = throw "'pidginPackages.pidgin-mra' has been removed since mail.ru agent service has stopped functioning in 2024.";
+    purple-facebook = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-facebook' has been removed as it is unmaintained and doesn't support e2ee enforced by facebook.";
+    pidgin-opensteamworks = throw "'pidginPackages.pidgin-opensteamworks' has been removed as it is unmaintained and no longer works with Steam.";
+    purple-vk-plugin = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-vk-plugin' has been removed as upstream repository was deleted and no active forks are found.";
   }
 )

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/msn-pecan/default.nix

···
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pidgin,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pidgin-msn-pecan";
-  version = "0.1.4";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "felipec";
-    repo = "msn-pecan";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0133rpiy4ik6rx9qn8m38vp7w505hnycggr53g3a2hfpk5xj03zh";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Alternative MSN protocol plug-in for Pidgin IM";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/felipec/msn-pecan";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "PURPLE_LIBDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib"
-    "PURPLE_DATADIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/data"
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ pidgin ];
-}

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-mra/default.nix

···
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  pidgin,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "pidgin-mra";
-  version = "unstable-2014-07-08";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "dreadatour";
-    repo = "pidgin-mra";
-    rev = "54b299266265cde800289b2d51f13b81f6bf379c";
-    sha256 = "sha256-fKdEOaijW2LfsH8RHlVGbMpL7Zhu+x2vW4fPEN4puKk=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ pidgin ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i 's|-I/usr/include/libpurple|$(shell pkg-config --cflags purple)|' Makefile
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "DESTDIR=/"
-    "LIBDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib"
-    "DATADIR=${placeholder "out"}/share"
-  ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dreadatour/pidgin-mra";
-    description = "Mail.ru Agent plugin for Pidgin / libpurple";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-opensteamworks/default.nix

···
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  pidgin,
-  glib,
-  json-glib,
-  nss,
-  nspr,
-  libsecret,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "pidgin-opensteamworks";
-  version = "1.7.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "EionRobb";
-    repo = "pidgin-opensteamworks";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-VWsoyFG+Ro+Y6ngSTMQ7yBYf6awCMNOc6U0WqNeg/jU=";
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/steam-mobile";
-
-  installFlags = [
-    "PLUGIN_DIR_PURPLE=${placeholder "out"}/lib/purple-2"
-    "DATA_ROOT_DIR_PURPLE=${placeholder "out"}/share"
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    pidgin
-    glib
-    json-glib
-    nss
-    nspr
-    libsecret
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks";
-    description = "Plugin for Pidgin 2.x which implements Steam Friends/Steam IM compatibility";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ arobyn ];
-  };
-}

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-facebook/default.nix

···
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchhg,
-  pidgin,
-  glib,
-  json-glib,
-  autoreconfHook,
-}:
-
-let
-  pidginHg = fetchhg {
-    url = "https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main";
-    # take from VERSION file
-    rev = "9ff9acf9fa14";
-    sha256 = "06imlhsps4wrjgjb92zpaxprxfxl2pjb2x9pl859c8cryssrz2jv";
-  };
-
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "purple-facebook";
-  version = "0.9.5";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "dequis";
-    repo = "purple-facebook";
-    rev = "v${version}-9ff9acf9fa14";
-    sha256 = "0a1860bkzrmyxahm9rlxi80z335w491wzdaqaw6j9ccavbymhwhs";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # we do all patching from update.sh in preAutoreconf
-    echo "#!${stdenv.shell}" > update.sh
-  '';
-
-  preAutoreconf = ''
-    for FILE in $(cat MANIFEST_PIDGIN); do
-        install -Dm644 "${pidginHg}/$FILE" "pidgin/$FILE" || true
-    done
-
-    touch $(cat MANIFEST_VOIDS)
-
-    patchdir="$(pwd)/patches"
-    pushd pidgin
-
-    for patch in $(ls -1 "$patchdir"); do
-      patch -p1 -i "$patchdir/$patch"
-    done
-    popd
-
-    ./autogen.sh
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "PLUGIN_DIR_PURPLE=/lib/pidgin/"
-    "DATA_ROOT_DIR_PURPLE=/share"
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/purple-2
-    cp pidgin/libpurple/protocols/facebook/.libs/*.so $out/lib/purple-2/
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    pidgin
-    glib
-    json-glib
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
-    description = "Facebook protocol plugin for libpurple";
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ davorb ];
-  };
-}

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/purple-vk-plugin/default.nix

···
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchhg,
-  pidgin,
-  cmake,
-  libxml2,
-}:
-
-let
-  version = "40ddb6d";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "purple-vk-plugin";
-  inherit version;
-
-  src = fetchhg {
-    url = "https://bitbucket.org/olegoandreev/purple-vk-plugin";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "02p57fgx8ml00cbrb4f280ak2802svz80836dzk9f1zwm1bcr2qc";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    pidgin
-    libxml2
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i -e 's|DESTINATION.*PURPLE_PLUGIN_DIR}|DESTINATION lib/purple-2|' CMakeLists.txt
-  '';
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT=1" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/olegoandreev/purple-vk-plugin";
-    description = "Vk (russian social network) plugin for Pidgin / libpurple";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}

pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix

···
   phlare = throw "'phlare' has been removed as the upstream project was archived."; # Added 2025-03-27
   picom-next = picom; # Added 2024-02-13
   pict-rs_0_3 = throw "pict-rs_0_3 has been removed, as it was an outdated version and no longer compiled"; # Added 2024-08-20
+  pidgin-mra = throw "'pidgin-mra' has been removed since mail.ru agent service has stopped functioning in 2024."; # Added 2025-09-17
+  pidgin-msn-pecan = throw "'pidgin-msn-pecan' has been removed as it's unmaintained upstream and doesn't work with escargot"; # Added 2025-09-17
+  pidgin-opensteamworks = throw "'pidgin-opensteamworks' has been removed as it is unmaintained and no longer works with Steam."; # Added 2025-09-17
   pidgin-skypeweb = throw "'pidgin-skypeweb' has been removed since Skype was shut down in May 2025"; # Added 2025-09-15
   pilipalax = throw "'pilipalax' has been removed from nixpkgs due to it not being maintained"; # Added 2025-07-25
   pio = throw "pio has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
···
   psensor = throw "'psensor' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'mission-center', 'resources' or 'monitorets' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   psstop = throw "'psstop' has been removed because the upstream repo has been archived"; # Added 2025-05-10
   ptask = throw "'ptask' has been removed because its upstream is unavailable"; # Added 2025-05-10
+  purple-facebook = throw "'purple-facebook' has been removed as it is unmaintained and doesn't support e2ee enforced by facebook."; # Added 2025-09-17
   purple-signald = throw "'purple-signald' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-05-17
   purple-matrix = throw "'purple-matrix' has been unmaintained since April 2022, so it was removed."; # Added 2025-09-01
   purple-hangouts = throw "'purple-hangouts' has been removed as Hangouts Classic is obsolete and migrated to Google Chat."; # Added 2025-09-17
+  purple-vk-plugin = throw "'purple-vk-plugin' has been removed as upstream repository was deleted and no active forks are found."; # Added 2025-09-17
   pwndbg = throw "'pwndbg' has been removed due to dependency version incompatibilities that are infeasible to maintain in nixpkgs. Use the downstream flake that pwndbg provides instead: https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg"; # Added 2025-02-09
   pxlib = throw "pxlib has been removed due to failing to build and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-04-28
   pxview = throw "pxview has been removed due to failing to build and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-04-28
···
   inherit (pidginPackages)
     pidgin-indicator
     pidgin-latex
-    pidgin-msn-pecan
-    pidgin-mra
     pidgin-carbons
     pidgin-xmpp-receipts
     pidgin-otr
···
     purple-mm-sms
     purple-plugin-pack
     purple-slack
-    purple-vk-plugin
     purple-xmpp-http-upload
     tdlib-purple
-    pidgin-opensteamworks
-    purple-facebook
     ;
 
 }