Binary package hint: empathy
Ubuntu maverick 10.10
Empathy 2.31.3-1ubuntu1
I wanted to delete an icq-group. And I hoped that empathy would eighter
a) Remove the group but keep the underlying contacts
b) have a message say "If you remove this group ALL contacts in it will dissapear"
I had two accounts MSN and ICQ
all MSN contact was under a group called "ungrouped". While the ICQ contacts where all in tjhe group "other contacts". I hoped that i could trick empathy into realizing that neighter icq nor msn contacts should belong to any group, but rather be kept in one scrambled long list....
I was fully aware that i was asking empathy to remove the top "node" of contacts. But felt that it would eighter "understand" what i ment and file all contacts under ungrouped, or have the message warn me for contact loss, or loose the contact on this machine (but not syncing them away from icq servers).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: empathy 2.31.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-6.9-generic 2.6.35-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-6-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 4 22:37:00 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
XsessionErrors:
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2287): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(transmission:2282): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
I've just noticed that moving a contact from one group to another also deletes the contact. Empathy removes the contact from the first group before adding it to the second. Removing it from the first group also removes it from subscribe. Hilarity.