Ah, right, that was the one possibility I omitted. :-) If we think it's not appropriate to highlight anything in the menu bar before an update is installed, why would it then be appropriate to highlight something in the menu bar after an update is installed but before the logout/restart that applies it? The state of your session is the same either way. For example, if it is a security update, you're just as vulnerable before you install it as you are between installing it and restarting. If it's a crash fix, your system will be just as unreliable before you install it as it will be between installing it and restarting. And so on.
A potential rebuttal would be that someone might choose "Install Now", then focus something else, not see Software Updater requesting attention, and so not realize that the "This computer needs to restart to finish installing updates" prompt is waiting in the background. But if so, that would be a general problem with the Launcher, best fixed in the Launcher, not somewhere else. And the specific problem would also be helped by fixing bugs where packages require restarting to update but don't disclose that in advance, for example bug 1104289. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1180860 Title: Session (gear) indicator not changing to red when restart required To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/1180860/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
