Launchers shouldn't be stored in /etc

[Ted Gould]

Currently the configuration for the launchers is stored in /etc, which isn't good for a few reasons. Mostly, the reason is that the files are expected to be installed by packages and not configured or changed by users. The secondary effect of this is that removing packages doesn't remove the files unless removed with purge. A purge shouldn't be required to remove the launcher.

So, in a nutshell:

  /etc/indicators/messages/applications => /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

evolution-indicator packaging changes at lp:~ubuntu-desktop/evolution-indicator/ubuntu

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

empathy packaging changes at lp:~ubuntu-desktop/empathy/ubuntu

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

Debdiff moving the launcher and cleaning up the old dir for pidgin

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

gwibber packaging pushed to lp:~gwibber-team/gwibber/packaging

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

New debdiff for pidgin

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 2.0.0~bzr449-0ubuntu1

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gwibber (2.0.0~bzr449-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream snapshot - r449
    - Fixed notifications (LP: #421021)
    - Fixed time displayed in the messaging menu
    - Merged fix from James Ogley for retweets (LP: #423026)
    - Moved the indicator launcher to /usr/share (LP: #434097)
  * debian/postinst:
    - remove the old indicator from /etc and remove the directory
      if it is empty

 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:31:03 -0400

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package evolution-indicator - 0.2.4-0ubuntu2

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evolution-indicator (0.2.4-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/postinst:
    - use a preinst rather and do some tweaking

  [ Ken VanDine ]
  * debian/rules:
    - Moved the indicator launcher to /usr/share (LP: #434097)
  * debian/postinst:
    - remove the old indicator from /etc and remove the directory
      if it is empty

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:46:51 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package empathy - 2.28.0-0ubuntu2

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empathy (2.28.0-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/postinst:
    - renamed empathy.preinst and did some tweaking there

  [ Ken VanDine ]
  * debian/rules:
    - Moved the indicator launcher to /usr/share (LP: #434097)
  * debian/postinst:
    - remove the old indicator from /etc and remove the directory
      if it is empty

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:56:55 +0200

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package pidgin - 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu4

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pidgin (1:2.6.2-1ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/pidgin.postinst:
    - use preinst rather and do some tweaking

  [ Ken VanDine ]
  * debian/rules:
    - Moved the indicator launcher to /usr/share (LP: #434097)
  * debian/pidgin.postinst:
    - remove the old indicator from /etc and remove the directory
      if it is empty

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:06:24 +0200