Yes, gnome-shell. In unstable at least, this bug now seems to be resolved. Here's the my current installation:
Package: empathy Version: 3.2.2-1+b1 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions that are related to gnome-shell: ii gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-2 ii gnome-shell-common 3.2.2.1-2 Versions of packages empathy depends on: ii dbus-x11 1.5.12-1 ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.10.0-3 ii empathy-common 3.2.2-1 ii geoclue 0.12.0-4 ii gnome-icon-theme 3.2.1.2-1 ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.2.0-2 ii gstreamer0.10-gconf 0.10.31-1 ii libc6 2.13-27 ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-3 ii libcanberra0 0.28-3 ii libchamplain-0.12-0 0.12.2-1 ii libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0 0.12.2-1 ii libcheese-gtk20 3.2.2-2 ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.8.4-1 ii libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 1.0.4-1 ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1 ii libebook-1.2-12 3.2.2-2 ii libenchant1c2a 1.6.0-7 ii libfolks-telepathy25 0.6.6-1 ii libfolks25 0.6.6-1 ii libgcr-3-1 3.2.2-2 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.1-1 ii libgee2 0.6.4-1 ii libgeoclue0 0.12.0-4 ii libgeocode-glib0 0.99.0-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.0-2 ii libgnome-keyring0 3.2.2-2 ii libgnutls26 2.12.18-1 ii libgstfarsight0.10-0 0.0.31-1+b1 ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.36-1 ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1 ii libgtk-3-0 3.2.3-1 ii libgudev-1.0-0 175-3.1 ii libnm-glib4 0.9.4.0-1 ii libnotify4 0.7.5-1 ii libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-3+b1 ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 1.1-3 ii libpulse0 1.1-3 ii libtelepathy-farsight0 0.0.19-1 ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.16.2-1+b1 ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.2.12-1 ii libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 1.6.3-2 ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-4 ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-7 ii telepathy-logger 0.2.12-1 ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.10.1-2 Versions of packages empathy recommends: ii freedesktop-sound-theme 0.7.dfsg-1 ii gvfs-backends 1.10.1-3 ii nautilus-sendto-empathy 3.2.2-1+b1 ii telepathy-gabble 0.14.1-1 ii telepathy-salut 0.6.0-1 Versions of packages empathy suggests: ii telepathy-butterfly <none> ii telepathy-haze 0.5.0-1 ii vino 3.2.2-1+b1 Versions of packages empathy is related to: ii telepathy-gabble [telepathy-connection-manager] 0.14.1-1 ii telepathy-haze [telepathy-connection-manager] 0.5.0-1 ii telepathy-idle [telepathy-connection-manager] 0.1.11-2 ii telepathy-rakia [telepathy-connection-manager] 0.7.3-1 ii telepathy-salut [telepathy-connection-manager] 0.6.0-1 Paul