That’s a relief. I noticed you did this in the newer Adium betas and was wondering what was going on. I guess it’s on my radar to complete on Monal now as well. The gradual movement away from standard XMPP in gtalk is depressing.
-Anu > On Apr 20, 2015, at 10:01 AM, Thijs Alkemade <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 20 apr. 2015, at 10:15, Thijs Alkemade <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> [Reviving a very old thread] >> >> It looks like today is going to be the day Google shuts down ClientLogin [1], >> and with that, SASL PLAIN [2]. This might be the final nail in the coffin of >> XMPP support for Google Talk, as I fear few clients have implemented >> X-OAUTH2. >> >> We have an update in beta for Adium, but working on that while knowing Google >> could shut down the XMPP interface any day was not very motivating. >> >> Thijs >> >> [1] = https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/AuthForInstalledApps >> [2] = >> http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/09/adding-oauth-20-support-for-imapsmtp.html > > False alarm, apparently, in last February they made a new post [1] stating: > > "We’ve taken steps to provide alternatives to password authentication in other > protocols as well. CalDAV API V2 only supports OAuth 2.0, and we’ve added > OAuth 2.0 support to IMAP, SMTP, and XMPP. While a deprecation timeline for > password authentication in these protocols hasn’t been announced yet, > developers are strongly encouraged to move to OAuth 2.0.” > > Thijs > > [1] = > http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2015/02/reminder-clientlogin-shutdown-scheduled.html
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