This pidgin glugin was last supported in 2008, and is dropped from the list of supported pidgin plugins in 2019. There's no need to have it in tree now.
By the way, thanks for your research. It's really helpful that someone notices these obsolete packages that are otherwise keeping low profile. Alternative suggestions are also very helpful.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c2e935e0c4b04f16cb9469f24e9a079248f7d2fa commit c2e935e0c4b04f16cb9469f24e9a079248f7d2fa Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-04-23 14:50:30 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-04-23 14:52:59 +0000 package.mask: Last rite net-im/librvp Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/928578 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c85b6b1d8c649a1c81c3335f90c65fd17b69c4bd commit c85b6b1d8c649a1c81c3335f90c65fd17b69c4bd Author: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-05-25 07:12:02 +0000 Commit: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-05-25 07:12:02 +0000 net-im/librvp: treeclean Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/928578 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/740668 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/875767 Signed-off-by: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org> net-im/librvp/Manifest | 1 - net-im/librvp/librvp-0.9.7.ebuild | 29 ----------------------------- net-im/librvp/metadata.xml | 10 ---------- net-im/pidgin/pidgin-2.14.10-r1.ebuild | 1 - net-im/pidgin/pidgin-2.14.12.ebuild | 1 - net-im/pidgin/pidgin-2.14.13.ebuild | 1 - profiles/package.mask | 6 ------ 7 files changed, 49 deletions(-)