gnome-contacts does not appear in the Dash

Bug #897104 reported by Frederik Elwert
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gnome-contacts (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

The gnome-contacts application does not appear in the Dash. I searched for “contacts”, “gnome-contacts” and “kontakte” (localized name), but the application does not show. However, I can start it using Alt+F2 and typing “gnome-contacts”.

This might be because of the “OnlyShowIn=GNOME” entry in the desktop file. I honestly don’t understand why one would want an application to only show in one desktop environment, especially since this is not a system settings application or something closely tied to the desktop. Maybe it’s because the new GNOME Apps are “Exclusive to the GNOME experience”, as the devs state.[1]

However, since Unity is a shell for GNOME, I would expect GNOME Apps to be accessible via Dash. So maybe the right way would be to patch the desktop file to include Unity in the OnlyShowIn list, and to talk to upstream if this should become a default for GNOME Apps.

[1] http://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-contacts 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 28 09:10:25 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110803.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-contacts
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Frederik Elwert (frederik-elwert) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-contacts - 3.3.4-0ubuntu1

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gnome-contacts (3.3.4-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Show in Unity also (LP: #897104)
  * debian/control.in:
    - Build-depend on folks-eds
    - Bump minimum glib dependency
  * debian/watch: Watch for unstable releases
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:03:55 -0500

Changed in gnome-contacts (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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