Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: bash

This bug is closely related, though slightly different from Bug #315932.

I recently posted:
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/07/dear-command-line-please-ping-me-when.html

This post received some positive feedback in the comments and in IRC.  A
number of people have asked for this sort of functionality in the
default Ubuntu .bashrc.  I think this is a perfectly reasonable request.
It doesn't get in the way, as current users must consciously append ";
alert" onto their long running commands.

We can experiment with this as a proof-of-concept in Maverick, and
perhaps look at better ways of doing this automagically by default
(again, see the really interesting implementation in Bug #315932).

I have tested:
 a) when libnotify-bin is not installed -- command-not-found prints a useful 
error message
 b) when gnome-terminal is not installed -- icons aren't present; notify 
message pops up without icons;  still functional
 c) over ssh -X -- works fine, assuming the client and host has the necessary 
packages to do libnotify stuff

** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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add an "alert" alias, which can optionally be added after long running commands
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/616028
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