pidginPackages.tdlib-purple: remove broken package

pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-plugins/default.nix

@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (
 
     purple-xmpp-http-upload = callPackage ./purple-xmpp-http-upload { };
 
-    tdlib-purple = callPackage ./tdlib-purple { };
   }
   // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
+    tdlib-purple = throw "'pidginPackages.tdlib-purple' has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
     purple-matrix = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-matrix' has been unmaintained since April 2022, so it was removed.";
     pidgin-skypeweb = throw "'pidginPackages.pidgin-skypeweb' has been removed since Skype was shut down in May 2025.";
     purple-hangouts = throw "'pidginPackages.purple-hangouts' has been removed as Hangouts Classic is obsolete and migrated to Google Chat.";

pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix

@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tcptrace = throw "tcptrace has been removed as it was broken and upstream is gone"; # Added 2026-02-02
   tdesktop = throw "'tdesktop' has been renamed to/replaced by 'telegram-desktop'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   tdfgo = throw "'tdfgo' has been removed because it was removed from upstream"; # Added 2025-12-18
-  tdlib-purple = throw "'tdlib-purple' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pidginPackages.tdlib-purple'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
+  tdlib-purple = throw "'tdlib-purple' has been removed due to being broken for more than a year; see RFC 180"; # Added 2026-02-05
   tdom = throw "'tdom' has been renamed to/replaced by 'tclPackages.tdom'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   teamspeak5_client = throw "'teamspeak5_client' has been renamed to/replaced by 'teamspeak6-client'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27
   teamspeak_client = throw "'teamspeak_client' has been renamed to/replaced by 'teamspeak3'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-27