[Bug 947008] Re: update-notifier inappropriately uses an indicator menu if xubuntu-desktop is installed

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This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.136

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update-notifier (0.136) saucy; urgency=low

  [ Steve Langasek ]
  * If the /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot stamp file is older than
    the current uptime, any information about fscking at "next boot" is
    definitely stale - so force a refresh.  LP: #692355.

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * Remove support for choosing not to auto-launch applications (LP: #947008)
  * Remove reboot required notification as update-manager itself indicates
    when a reboot is required and it only appeared when auto-launch was set to
    false.
  * Move update-notifier checking for CDs with packages into a new binary
    distro-cd-updater
  * Add an upstart user session job that runs upon CD insertion
  * Remove sections of uevent related to hp firmware and replace them with an
    upstart user session job
  * Modified avahi disabled notification to run as an upstart user session
  * Modified new release check to run as an upstart user session
  * Added in a weekly cron job to check for a new release of ubuntu
  * Added an upstart user session job to check for crashes
  * Ensure we ask before launching a pkexec dialog for an apport crash
 -- Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>   Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:08:21 -0700

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  update-notifier inappropriately uses an indicator menu if xubuntu-
  desktop is installed

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  update-notifier 0.118.1ubuntu1, apport 1.93-0ubuntu2, Ubuntu 12.04
  beta 1

  1. Install xubuntu-desktop (for example, for someone else to use on the same computer).
  2. Log in to a Unity session.
  3. Trigger a crash (e.g. at a terminal, "sh -c 'kill -SEGV $$'").
  4. Wait for software updates to become available.

  What happens:
  3. A red explosion menu appears, and a notification bubble saying "An application has crashed on your system (now or in the past). Click on the notification icon to display details."
  4. An orange starburst menu appears, with miscapitalized items "Show updates", "Install all updates", etc.

  What's wrong with this:
  * There's no point in showing a menu that contains only an item to open an alert box, instead of just opening the alert box.
  * No, it wasn't an application that crashed, it was a terminal command.
  * "(now or in the past)" is awkward.
  * "Click on the notification icon"? What's a "notification icon"?
  * We know that a tiny orange starburst isn't enough to get people to install updates promptly.
  * It doesn't follow the design specification in either case.
  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker#error>
  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Launching_automatically>

  This bug has two causes. First, there exists a dconf key com.ubuntu
  .update-notifier.auto-launch, and update-notifier goes off the
  reservation if the key is set to false. And second, xubuntu-desktop
  installs a /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/20_xubuntu-default-
  settings.gschema.override that sets auto-launch=false, even if you
  aren't using a Xubuntu session yourself.

  This is an example of the cost of implementing settings that shouldn't
  exist. Dealing with errors, showing updates, installing updates, and
  accessing the update settings are all the same number of clicks from
  the respective dialog as they are from the menus, if any other windows
  are in front of the dialog when it opens, or even fewer clicks if no
  windows are in front of it.

  The indicator menus and the com.ubuntu.update-notifier.auto-launch
  setting should be removed. If the Xubuntu developers want different
  behavior, they should implement their own notifier. Fixing this would
  also resolve bug 249367, bug 263513, bug 280387, bug 322238, bug
  752017, bug 891421, bug 906826, bug 917200, and bug 934517; and
  probably also bug 414202, bug 654553, and bug 987202.

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