Comment 44 for bug 44728

This is mostly because I didn't feel that the libsilc package in Debian
has matured enough to be built with gaim and be a possible blocker for it.
libsilc hasn't been updated to a new upstream version in more than 2
years, even though there have been new releases since then.

Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
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> Any word on getting silc into gaim? i see a new version of gaim just
> dropped into experimental, which includes cyrus SASL support. Cyrus
> SASL is good news for folks concerned with secure instant messaging.
> Thanks! Adding SILC back in would be even more good news.
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> If there's a policy-based, technical, or political reason to exclude
> SILC from gaim, that'd be understandable. If that's the case, just
> say what it is (and close this bug wontfix) and i won't keep bugging
> you about it ;)
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> Otherwise, the silc-enabling changeset is actually pretty small, and
> worth trying, especially if we're using the experimental repository.
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> Thanks again for maintaining Gaim in debian. It's good to have the
> flagship free IM client so well-supported in our distro!