[Bug 1450147] [NEW] 'im-config -l' complains about zenity not installed

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trusty and wily SRU request
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[Impact]
The 'im-config -l' call causes language-selector-gnome to crash for users who don't have zenity installed. The proposed change prevents this unwarranted check.

[Test Case]
* Uninstall zenity
* Open a terminal window and run gnome-language-selector.

[Regression Potential]
Low, since the change only delays the "sanity check" until after the l-option code.

[Original description]
The package language-selector-gnome 0.143 from the Vivid edition fails to start, complaining zenity is missing.

$ gnome-language-selector
E : zenity doit être installé.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector", line 22, in on_activate
    options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 199, in __init__
    self.check_input_methods()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 54, in wrapper
    res = f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 454, in check_input_methods
    for (i, IM) in enumerate(self.ImConfig.getAvailableInputMethods()):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/ImConfig.py", line 19, in getAvailableInputMethods
    inputMethods = subprocess.check_output(['im-config', '-l']).decode().split()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/subprocess.py", line 620, in check_output
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args, output=output)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['im-config', '-l']' returned non-zero exit status 1
$

Once zenity is installed it starts and works perfectly.

Thanks for fixing.

Best regards,
Mélodie

** Affects: im-config (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: im-config (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: New


** Tags: patch
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'im-config -l' complains about zenity not installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450147
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