[Bug 1167002] Re: Gparted locks EVERY partition to the launcher when launched - UGLY useless CLUTTER

[Ernie 07]

Assume a desktop system with multiple hard drives where each hard drive contains several ext4 partitions.
Mounting a single one of those partitions under 12.04 will result in ONLY the icon for the newly mounted partition to be temporarily added to the launcher icons. When that partition is unmounted, the icon will go away. Launching gparted will NOT cause an icon for one or more partitions to be added to the launcher. When gparted is used to unmount a partition, that partition's icon will be removed. Correct behavior.

Change the environment to a LiveCD or an installed version of 12.10 or
13.04 and things change drastically. Launching gparted will cause ALL
partitions on the drive containing the currently running OS to be locked
to the launcher. However, the swap partition and the partition
containing the currently running OS will not be included.

1. Gracefully shutting down gparted will NOT cause the unwanted icons to be removed.
2. Restarting the OS will NOT cause the unwanted icons to be removed.

In defense of gparted, this appears to be the default behavior for a
LiveCD and for an initial start following a fresh install.  Fixing this
problem will kill two birds with one stone.

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Title:
  Gparted locks EVERY partition to the launcher when launched - UGLY
  useless CLUTTER

Status in “gparted” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Gparted locks EVERY partition to the launcher when launched - UGLY
  useless CLUTTER

  64-bit gparted via 1210 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 fails
  64-bit gparted via 1304 3.8.0-16-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 1 19:52:57 UTC 2013 fails

  64-bit gparted via 1204 3.5.0-26-generic #42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Mon
  Mar 11 22:17:58 UTC 2013 functions correctly

  This change may have occurred to assist a user who is too naive or lazy to mount a partition.
  Please provide an option to disable this UGLY useless CLUTTER

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