telepathy-{logger, gabble}: drop

[LordGrimmauld]

telepathy-* packages are largely unused and unmaintained.
telepathy-gabble will never work again until it updates to libsoup_3 due to symbol collisions.
telepathy-logger broke on Gcc 14 update and is not used in anything.

part of #398783
part of #388196
part of #371265
closes #384284

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 25.05 Release Notes (or backporting 24.11 and 25.05 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[pbsds]

telepathy-logger broke on Gcc 14 update and is not used in anything.

This is quick to check on github: https://github.com/search?type=code&q=-repo%3Anixos%2Fnixpkgs+lang%3Anix+-is%3Afork+telepathy-logger

which reveals this 3-month old fix:

https://github.com/poly2it/nixos/blob/ad943afb7f84fc6c92681927f8340c6715dc9229/nixpak/support/telepathy-logger.nix#L4

I'm not advocating to reintroduce it, but just a heads up

[LordGrimmauld]

Oh i saw it wasn't terribly complex. But the whole telepathy ecosystem is an outdated mess that i'd much rather get rid of. There exists minimal (and semi-broken) compatibility with various DEs, and the whole stack uses woefully outdated libraries.

[poly2it]

Removing Telepathy breaks Polari, the GNOME IRC client. Please reconsider removing it!

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Polari/Documentation

Polari is a Telepathy Client and relies on Telepathy Logger to store IRC logs.

[LordGrimmauld]

Removing Telepathy breaks Polari, the GNOME IRC client. Please reconsider removing it!

#401149

[jtojnar]

Polari switched from telepathy-logger to tracker in 46.0. It only uses telepathy-idle now.

[jtojnar]

Same for GNOME Shell: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/commit/c5ec3e45e4562246ba65ac2ca19eadfdfee627ca

[LordGrimmauld]

Drafted the revert until there is an actual need

[nyabinary]

Drafted the revert until there is an actual need

Is there any actual need in keeping it open though :P, I assume that was the only breakage?