[Bug 2065465] [NEW] broken sub-menus on some "systray" indicators

[Eugene San]

Public bug reported:

Some indicators like Dropbox etc can't show submenus out of the box.
The issue seems to be incorrect dependency.

Kubuntu-Meta still depends on libappindicator3-1 while nowadays it is
common to link against libayatana-appindicator3-1 hence the issue.

Not sure how to do the transition smoothly but it has to be done at some
point before 24.04.1.

Aside of some apps not being unable to show sub-menus, apps like Spotify
can't be installed without manual intervention to swap
libappindicator3-1 with libayatana-appindicator3-1 (including
dependencies).

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- broken submenus on many "systary" indicators
+ broken sub-menus on some "systray" indicators

** Description changed:

- Many indicators like Dropbox etc can't show submenus out of the box.
+ Some indicators like Dropbox etc can't show submenus out of the box.
  The issue is incorrect dependency.
  
  Kubuntu-Meta still depends on libappindicator3-1 while nowadays it is
  common to link against libayatana-appindicator3-1 hence the issue.
  
  Not sure how to do the transition smoothly but it has to be done at some
  point before 24.04.1.
  
  Aside of some apps not being unable to show sub-menus, apps like Spotify
  can't be installed without manual intervention to swap
  libappindicator3-1 with libayatana-appindicator3-1 (including
  dependencies).

** Description changed:

  Some indicators like Dropbox etc can't show submenus out of the box.
- The issue is incorrect dependency.
+ The issue seems to be incorrect dependency.
  
  Kubuntu-Meta still depends on libappindicator3-1 while nowadays it is
  common to link against libayatana-appindicator3-1 hence the issue.
  
  Not sure how to do the transition smoothly but it has to be done at some
  point before 24.04.1.
  
  Aside of some apps not being unable to show sub-menus, apps like Spotify
  can't be installed without manual intervention to swap
  libappindicator3-1 with libayatana-appindicator3-1 (including
  dependencies).

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  broken sub-menus on some "systray" indicators

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