[Pidgin] #6000: pidgin/adium (thus I believe libpurple) doesn't refresh contact list from server

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#6000: pidgin/adium (thus I believe libpurple) doesn't refresh contact list from
server
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  Reporter:  j141cjm  |       Owner:  nwalp      
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new        
  Priority:  minor    |   Milestone:             
 Component:  XMPP     |     Version:  2.4.2      
Resolution:           |    Keywords:  XMPP roster
   Pending:  0        |  
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Comment (by j141cjm):

 Replying to [comment:1 chemistrydioxide]:
 > I suppose this happens to prevent IM servers from removing buddies that
 were created by a user without any notice.
 >

 Hmmm.  Your explanation does indeed seem to make sense.
 But it does make it difficult to centrally manage roster/groups, such as
 within a corporation.  I guess there is no clean way of handling my
 desire, if you could differentiate between buddies a user added, versus
 those from a "template" file - but that sounds crazy.  Where is this
 information cached on the user's system?  is it in the blist.xml file?  I
 guess it looks like if I remove that blist.xml file, a new one is created
 next time I start the program, but I haven't fully tested whether that
 fixes my problem.  And it would be a nightmare to ask people to delete
 that file every time I do roster changes (it also seems to ask for my
 password again).

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