[Bug 1917312] [NEW] Sync psi-plugins 1.5-2 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

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You have been subscribed to a public bug by Stefano Rivera (stefanor):

Please consider a freeze exception for new package psi-plugins [1].

 This package contains officially supported plugins for Psi:
 * Attention
 * Autoreply
 * Birthday Reminder
 * Chess
 * Cleaner
 * Client Switcher
 * Conference Logger
 * Content Downloader
 * Enum Messages
 * Extended Menu
 * Extended Options
 * Gomoku Game
 * History Keeper
 * Image
 * Image Preview
 * Jabber Disk
 * Juick
 * Message Filter
 * OpenPGP
 * Off-the-Record
 * PEP Change Notify
 * QIP X-Statuses
 * Screenshot
 * Stop Spam
 * Storage Notes
 * Translate
 * Video Status
 * Watcher

Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP client designed for experienced
users. User interface of program is very flexible in customization. For
example, there are "multi windows" and "all in one" modes, support of
different iconsets and themes. Psi supports file sharing and audio/video
calls. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi provides it for
both client-to-server (TLS) and client-to-client (OpenPGP, OTR, OMEMO)
via appropriate plugins.

While psi-plugins package is new in Debian, the project has long history
[2], these plugins are stable and well tested in other GNU/Linux distros
and even in Debian [3], upstream is active and responsive, Psi 1.x
releases cycle receives only bug fixes, backported from git master
branch (where active development of next Psi 2.0 release is done).

Yes, Psi program may still be used without these plugins, but I believe
that additional features provided by them will be highly demanded by
Ubuntu users.

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/psi-plugins
[2] https://github.com/psi-im/plugins/tags
[3] In fact psi-plus-plugins package [4] used the same code base approximately between Psi+ 0.16.19 and 1.2.40 releases [5] (2012-2017). Just a reminder:
Psi+ is a development branch of Psi with rolling release development model. Users who wants to receive new features and bug fixes very quickly may use Psi+ on daily basis. Users who do not care about new trends and prefer constancy may choose Psi as it uses classical development model and its releases are very rare.
[4] https://packages.debian.org/sid/psi-plus-plugins
[5] https://salsa.debian.org/xmpp-team/psi-plus/-/blob/master/debian/changelog

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Sync psi-plugins 1.5-2 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1917312
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