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Title:
  Replace Google API key used by GNOME services

Status in gnome-online-accounts:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-online-accounts package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-online-accounts source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Impact
  ======
  Some bugs in evolution-data-server (e-d-s) were causing daily limit errors 
for those using Google services with evolution-data-server and apps that use it 
(Evolution is a prominent example). Unfortunately, it looks like users using 
older versions of e-d-s are causing those errors to affect everyone using e-d-s 
since they are using the same API key. It's very difficult for GNOME to push 
everyone to use an updated version of their software.

  Therefore, this update changes the API key used by those using the
  GNOME Online Accounts feature for Google services.

  Test Case
  =========
  Restart your computer after applying the updates.

  Then use Evolution with a Google account configured by gnome-control-
  center's Online Accounts. The easiest way to configure that correctly
  is to use Ubuntu GNOME.

  Make sure that Evolution works without getting authentication errors
  with your Google services.

  Regression Potential
  ====================
  I think the only possibility for regression is if GNOME did not configure the 
key correctly with Google's developer platform.

  Other Info
  ==========
  This was fixed in zesty in gnome-online-accounts 3.22.3-1.

  This update depends on the evolution-data-server 3.22.3 SRU (LP:
  #1639926) (now in yakkety-updates and fully phased) since we need to
  make sure the user has a fixed version of e-d-s so we don't taint the
  new keys too!

  We can't fix this for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS until we figure out how to
  backport the needed e-d-s changed there.

  I believe Evolution has three ways to use Google services: 1) GNOME
  Online Accounts 2) evolution-data-server (e-d-s) has its own Google
  authentication method 3) Ubuntu Online Accounts.

  The errors are much less common for the e-d-s API key so upstream does
  not intend to change that key. The e-d-s key is new, only existing in
  Ubuntu 16.10 and above. (It's not even used in the Ubuntu 16.04 GNOME3
  Staging PPA since --disable-google-auth is used there to not add a new
  universe dependency.)

  Similarly, Ubuntu Online Accounts does not currently appear to be
  impacted (LP: #1650007).

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