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gnome-online-accounts no longer works in cinnamon

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Description

Is this a new report?

Yes

System Info

Void 6.6.51_1 x86_64 AuthenticAMD uptodate rrrrmmnFFFFFFFFF

Package(s) Affected

cinnamon-control-center-5.8.2_2

Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

mint: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-control-center/issues/335
arch(upstream):
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/cinnamon/-/issues/2
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/cinnamon/-/issues/1

Expected behaviour

You are able to add online accounts via the setting panel

Actual behaviour

There are no buttons to add accounts. This is due to a change in gnome where they moved online accounts support to https://github.com/xapp-project/gnome-online-accounts-gtk

Steps to reproduce
  1. run cinnamon-settings online-accounts
  2. See you can not add online accounts

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with cinnamon-settings online-accounts and review the linked Cinnamon and Arch reports for the gnome-online-accounts change. Check how the affected cinnamon-control-center package provides online-account support and compare it with gnome-online-accounts-gtk. Done means the setting panel again exposes controls for adding accounts.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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