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Maintenance: Remove identicon/default avatar support
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Description
Synapse doesn't support it, and it's not in the spec. We should just remove it.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by searching the SDK for identicon and default-avatar references, then check the Matrix specification context mentioned in the issue. Trace all affected entry points and tests before removing the support, and verify that no references remain and the existing test suite passes.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100