Activate the VariationsService for ChromeOS and ensure that it does not ping the server until the E…

chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc

Index: chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc
diff --git a/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc b/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc
index 315f7a07030fe51ecf6090bf493edde9c717657f..f84243a7d5bb553281db721a38075f06026d46c4 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/chrome_browser_main.cc
@@ -1426,23 +1426,22 @@ int ChromeBrowserMainParts::PreMainMessageLoopRunImpl() {
     RecordPreReadExperimentTime("Startup.BrowserOpenTabs",
                                 base::TimeTicks::Now() - browser_open_start);
 
-    // TODO(mad): Move this call in a proper place on CrOS.
-    // http://crosbug.com/17687
-#if !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
     // If we're running tests (ui_task is non-null), then we don't want to
     // call FetchLanguageListFromTranslateServer or
     // StartRepeatedVariationsSeedFetch.
     if (parameters().ui_task == NULL) {
-      // Request new variations seed information from server.
-      browser_process_->variations_service()->
-          StartRepeatedVariationsSeedFetch();
-
+#if !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
+      // TODO(mad): Move this call in a proper place on CrOS.
+      // http://crosbug.com/17687
       if (translate_manager_ != NULL) {
         translate_manager_->FetchLanguageListFromTranslateServer(
             profile_->GetPrefs());
       }
-    }
 #endif
+      // Request new variations seed information from server.

[MAD, 2012/09/10 17:35:03]

This is not within "if (parameters().ui_task == NULL)"

It is on purpose?

[SteveT, 2012/09/10 19:33:52]

It still is. Perhaps it'd be more clear if I moved it up before the CrOS IFDEF?

[MAD, 2012/09/10 19:46:17]

D'Ho! :-)
Yeah, maybe it would be better...
Sorry about that... 

+      browser_process_->variations_service()->
+          StartRepeatedVariationsSeedFetch();
+    }
 
     run_message_loop_ = true;
   } else {