** Changed in: indicator-datetime Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074999 Title: Don't use geoclue if "show-auto-detected-location" is set to false Status in The Date and Time Indicator: Fix Released Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This bug is split off from an "umbrella" Bug #944251 which discusses various network connections made by various applications. There are two reasons to not use geoclue until the user's specified it in the "show-auto-detected-location" settings: (1) In the Nov 2012 UDS session on eliminating unnecessary startup memory/performance hits on the Nexus 7, we discussed deferring indicator-datetime's invocation of geoclue until it's actually needed, such as when datetime's menu is about to show. (2) Several users perceive datetime's use of geoclue/geoip as a breach of privacy. (See bug #944251, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2000108, http://askubuntu.com/questions/106916/how-do-i-stop-geoip-from- connecting-to-the-internet-every-time-i-boot) Inspecting the code though, it seems that the geoclue code all boils down to setting the "geo_timezone" variable for use in update_location_menu_items(). There, we build a menuitem for the geo_timezone which is only shown if com.canonical.indicator.datetime .show-auto-detected-location is true. So, indicator-datetime could avoid unnecessary startup overhead -- and please privacy-minded users -- by deferring use of geoclue until/unless the user enables the "In the clock's menu, show time in the auto-detected location" checkbox. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-datetime/+bug/1074999/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp