Public bug reported:
*Reporting this as a bug as per advice on Questions. This is all the
info I have though. No idea which application or service is responsible,
let alone what package or development team.*
Problem:
Online Accounts, the Contacts Manager, and Empathy are supposed to work
together now. But adding a Google account is still confusing and messy.
Reproduce:
Figure out how to add online accounts (there is no visible item in system
settings, a known bug). I came across it by trying to manage contacts via
Empathy which led me to Contacts Manager.
Issue:
The Online Account won't connect. You still need to go to accounts settings in
Empathy to add the password.
What happens:
Empathy keeps forgetting the password, even when that option is ticked -- you
would in fact expect Online Accounts to remember and provide it, since you
authorized it with Google.
Final bug:
In the end, connecting to Google from Empathy with an Online Account is all but
impossible.
What I expect:
Some clarity at least, and information on how these three services tie in.
Additionally, information on how these services account and contact information
online, is a mystery.
As a user I've no idea what is going on, and how changing groups, for
instance, has an effect on my groups on Google proper. I also have no
idea what the difference is between a regular Empathy account, or one
added via Online Accounts (except that the latter doesn't work).
The entire process is utterly confusing (and I've been using Ubuntu for
a good five or six years now).
Workaround:
The best workaround for now still seems to be: forget about Contacts and Online
Accounts and just add the account through Empathy.
Solution? It ought to be fixed or ditched. If Precise is going to go to
market in 15 days, as an LTS (!) how is this ever going to get addressed
(problem predates Precise)?
** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: precise
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Title:
Online accounts and Contacts Manager should now integrate with Empathy
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