indicator-applet-complete uses large amounts of memory

[Valeri Geiser]

Since the update to 16.10 (and a change from unity to metacity), the memory usage of indicator-applet-complete increases over time (I have seen up to 4GB!).
I am not sure if it is connected or if I should file a separate report: The display of the applet is not constant, i.e. sometimes it flickers and it looks like one of the icons is not there for a split second making the icons on the left move to to right for this short period.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: indicator-applet-complete 12.10.2+15.04.20141127.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Wed Nov 16 09:23:51 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-applet-complete
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-23 (389 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: indicator-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-17 (30 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Felix Moreno (info-justdust)]

Hi, you can see this bug and say it affects you, so more people more probabilities to be fixed.... I will change to ubuntu 16.04 soon....

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/1633558

[Felix Moreno (info-justdust)]

Seems only affecting to gnome-panel flashback users ....