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[Alberto Mardegan <1432613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I now tested trusty-proposed too, and everything works as expected:
Empathy no longer appears under the Facebook and MSN accounts.

** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done

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Title:
  Facebook and MSN messengers shutting down (third-party client access)

Status in Online Accounts: Account plugins:
  In Progress
Status in Webapps Team Task Tracking Project:
  In Progress
Status in account-plugins package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in empathy package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in account-plugins source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in empathy source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts source package in Trusty:
  Won't Fix
Status in account-plugins source package in Utopic:
  Fix Committed
Status in empathy source package in Utopic:
  Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts source package in Utopic:
  Won't Fix
Status in account-plugins source package in Vivid:
  Fix Committed
Status in empathy source package in Vivid:
  Fix Committed
Status in ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts source package in Vivid:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  [ Description ]

  Facebook messenger and Windows Live messenger don't work any more
  because Facebook & Microsoft removed third-party support for them.

  [ Fix & QA ]

  Stop supporting IM accounts for these clients. For both creation &
  continued use.

  Verify that if you add a WLM or FB account in online accounts, empathy
  doesn't try to connect to it.

  account-plugins-windows-live shouldn't be pulled in by default any
  more (check a trusty daily which is built with proposed).

  [ Regression potential ]

  This is a regression, in that we stop supporting some account types.
  We don't have a choice about this.

  [ Original description ]

  The march towards a future of silos carries on.

  https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat - the XMPP gateway for
  Facebook will shut down on April 30.

  http://ismsndeadyet.com/ - Microsoft are removing MSN endpoints.

  I guess we need to correspondingly remove IM support for these
  services & SRU it back.

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