I am experiencing this still in Lucid with all the latest updates, which I guess should still be relevant since it's an LTS. I'll check with Maverick and report back again (I'm unable to switch to Maverick because of another problem...)
** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607189 Title: pidgin should not override away mode with a lesser one on auto-away -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs