Comment 30 for bug 1071345

My fix was tested and used throughout all version from 12.10 up to 14.04 (I've updated it each time). It's not perfect as there are some little sorting issues. Nevertheless, it fixes a few complaints on empathy. The most easy one is the icon size for avatars.

http://vaab.blog.kal.fr/2013/04/04/fixing-empathy-in-ubuntu-12-10

And if you've never compiled source code, this should be easy to follow and you might learn something on the way !

Please note that this fix is a quick and dirty way to set directly the pixel size of the avatar in the source code.

It's now 2 years since the introduction of this ridiculous bug.