Comment 29 for bug 433714

Thank you for raising the importance of this bug. I hope it will be
included in 10.04.2 since it is important to new users that the capability
to reach irc support channels be available from the start.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Bug Watch Updater <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> ** Changed in: empathy
> Importance: Unknown => Medium
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> initial empathy account wizard does not offer IRC as an account
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433714
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> Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Fix Released
> Status in NULL Project: Invalid
> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: New
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: empathy
>
> In both karimc alpha 5 and alpha 6, and the Lucid daily image from 2-24,
> when starting the empathy IM client, the wizard that starts gives a list of
> accounts available to create. In this list, IRC is missing. I've seen this
> both on the live environment and a clean install.
>
> The workaround is to exit and go to Edit -> Accounts (F4) and Add an
> account. IRC is listed in this location. In Lucid, you have to get past the
> wizard (basically set up one account) this work around.
>
> A new user that installs Karmic, may want to get to IRC #ubuntu channel,
> and this gives the initial perception that they cannot accomplish this.
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