Use new IM-plugin support for "Bot.commandPrefixRequired" toggle [JENKINS-17380, JENKINS-58927] #214
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As posted in https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-17380 and https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-58927 currently the IRC Bot allows interaction via private chats (admin to bot) as opposed to group channels; however this still requires using the command prefix or nickname prefix - which is cumbersome in an already individualized private chat.
The culprit was in the common instant-messaging-plugin, where it recognizes if the message is of interest to the bot, by requiring those prefixes. A viable solution (also backwards-compatible for users who would continue to use the prefixes) is to have an option to not-require the prefix and just try using any received message, if the consumer plugin told this bot instance to do so (not default!) See jenkinsci/instant-messaging-plugin#210 for the upstream change.
After merging and releasing an IM plugin iteration with this change, there need to be fixes applied to this plugin to use the new constructor API for private chats.
CC @Flowdalic : You may want to update jabber-plugin similarly?
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