should start on login only if accounts are configured

[Sebastien Bacher]

The autostart should probably be conditional to a gsettings key which is written on account configuration it would be better for:

- login time (less services to start)

- the indicator-messages menu, it shouldn't list unused entries (gwibber is added on logging atm since the service is started)

- memory usage

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

indicator-messages added to the list since it impacts on the "no messaging icon should be displayed by default" (bug #1046331)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Discussing on IRC, in the gwibber case the autostart is conditional but the service is autostarted by unity

we have 2 gwibber issues there:

- the autostart key is not written since the port to libaccounts

- messaging_menu_app_register() is called even if there is no account configured, it should probably be not

gwibber should ideally put its lens invisible if no account is configured as well

other issues from unityn the lens shouldn't be started on login

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

open bug #1046377 " [lens] should set itself invisible if no account is configured"

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 3.6.0-0ubuntu1

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gwibber (3.6.0-0ubuntu1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - Add disabling online search support, requires libunity 6.7 or
      later, thanks to Didier Roche (LP: #1054746)
    - Don't let the lens start gwibber-service unless data is
      needed (LP: #1046360)
  * debian/control
    - bump build depends for libunity-dev to >= 6.8
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:16:49 -0400

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

Steps to verify the fix for telepathy-indicator:

1) Switch to a guest session
2) Note the messaging menu shouldn't be displayed at all
3) Open System Settings and go to "Online Accounts"
4) Add an account that support IM (gtalk, facebook, etc)
5) You should see the messaging menu icon appear in the panel including presence icons and a PIP next to Empathy

Regression potent:
 - Worst case would be lack of messaging menu integration for empathy, if it fails

The fix is being included as a distro patch so reverting the change would be as simple as dropping the patch.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package telepathy-indicator - 0.3.0-0ubuntu2

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telepathy-indicator (0.3.0-0ubuntu2) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/lp_1046360.patch
    - Don't register with the messaging menu unless there are
      accounts that can use it (LP: #1046360)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:40:08 -0400