Comment 6 for bug 570912

I wonder if perhaps the package shouldn't ship /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/xchat-gnome , since that's what causes it to show up in the indicator menu, even when it's not enabled in xchat's preferences.

Two (and a half) options I can see:

1) Don't ship it, and don't show by default. Only show when xchat/xchat-gnome actually load the plugin.
1.5) Get xchat/xchat-gnome configured to load these plugins by default, so they match the rest of the ubuntu desktop experience. People disabling the plugin will have it dissapear.
2. Ship it, and make sure if someone selects the indicator option from the messaging menu, and xchat/xchat-gnome is already running, it enables the plugin and shows the existing window. Difficult? Impossible? I'm not sure...