In the GNOME session, when the contact list is displayed, right-clicking on the icon in the bottom toolbar only gives you a "close" option. If you select it, the contact list window goes away, but empathy remains running. This behavior is consistent with what I expect "close" behavior to be.
In the Unity session, when the contact list is displayed, right-clicking the icon in the app launcher shows a "quit" option. As per the initial bug report, "quit" means the entire application should quit. However, selecting "quit" merely closes the contact list window, and again, empathy remains running.
In the GNOME session, when the contact list is displayed, right-clicking on the icon in the bottom toolbar only gives you a "close" option. If you select it, the contact list window goes away, but empathy remains running. This behavior is consistent with what I expect "close" behavior to be.
In the Unity session, when the contact list is displayed, right-clicking the icon in the app launcher shows a "quit" option. As per the initial bug report, "quit" means the entire application should quit. However, selecting "quit" merely closes the contact list window, and again, empathy remains running.
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