Pidgin 3 is currently in pre-alpha, but hopefully it will be ready in
time for Debian 14. More discussion about this is at
https://bugs.debian.org/883214

Pidgin and libpurple 3 is a major API break and everything that uses
it will need changes.

I'm filing this bug as RC to get it out of Testing to make it easier
to land the new Pidgin later this year. This is also a warning that
pidgin-awayonlock is unlikely to be included in Debian 14 unless
someone ports it to work with the new version of pidgin.
pidgin-awayonlock does not have an upstream maintainer.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

Hi,

Am Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 08:59:22AM +0000 schrieb Jonathan Dowland:

Given this discussion does not have finished yet, I wonder whether we
should decrease severity of the bugs filed against pidgin-* packages
(like #1125050 against pidgin-awayonlock) from serious to important.

Kind regards
    Andreas.