I'm also lacking the ability to sort by status. I can't find any option to sort at all. I'm using ubuntu 12.10 with added gnome3-team repo. If you need more information I'll be glad to share.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2012-12-10 16:02:33.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1084387/+attachment/3456288/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-12-10%2016%3A02%3A33.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1084387 Title: empathy sort Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: http://askubuntu.com/questions/203393/sorting-empathy-3-6-0-contacts-by-online-status confirmation. "Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, which uses Empathy 3.6. I've noticed that all of my contacts are now sorted alphabetically, rather than by their online status, and Empathy's preferences don't seem to have any options for sorting contacts." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1084387/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
