This bug was fixed in the package unity-scopes-shell - 0.5.7+16.10.20160525-0ubuntu1
--------------- unity-scopes-shell (0.5.7+16.10.20160525-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium [ Gary.Wzl ] * Stop typing timer when reset navigation tag(tapping cancel). Also make sure relevant signal(searchQueryChanged) is triggered to keep query string updated as query string is empty after tapping cancel (LP: #1576311) [ Marcus Tomlinson ] * Only create an empty settings file when attempting to write to one (LP: #1583055) [ Pawel Stolowski ] * Don't depend on qt5-default. * Reject preview widgets with duplicated IDs. (LP: #1581495) * Set internet connectivity status in ActionMetadata (previews and preview actions). (LP: #1502282) * Workaround dependency issue on yakkety. -- Pawel Stolowski <ci-train-...@canonical.com> Wed, 25 May 2016 08:16:27 +0000 ** Changed in: unity-scopes-shell (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity-scopes-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583055 Title: Empty settings.ini created for every scope even if it doesn't have settings Status in Canonical System Image: In Progress Status in unity-scopes-shell package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: After recent changes to scope settings handling in shell plugin (the switch from QSettings to glib-based settings) we now get empty settings.ini and settings dir created for absolutely every scope in the system, even if it doesn't offer any settings. This doesn't pose any issues as far as I can tell (other than polluting fs), but it would be nice not to do that if not needed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1583055/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp