I tried to contribute code to the pidgin project a long time ago. I was attempting to flesh out the plugin architecture and functionality (yes, including documentation! i was a big nerd back then. still am, tbh)
The guy who ran the project back then was an arrogant sanctimonious asshole. Everything was a goddamn power play with him.
I left that project quickly for greener OSS pastures.
That's really sad to hear. I have been working mainly with the Chatty devs, and they have been great to work with so far.
Maybe the v3 API is better, but tbh the v2 API feels very much like it was designed for the AIM/MSN days. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it just makes the plugin architecture feel very inflexible.
But the Chatty folks seem to be moving away from libpurple (for much the same reasons), so I don't know how much more I will work with it.
The guy who ran the project back then was an arrogant sanctimonious asshole. Everything was a goddamn power play with him.
I left that project quickly for greener OSS pastures.