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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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Title:
  Session (gear) indicator not changing to red when restart required

Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I just installed a set of updates, which included the kernel. After
  the updates were installed, update-manager showed me the dialog
  stating that a restart was required, but the session indicator did not
  change at all. It was not red, and there is not "restart required"
  type of item in the menu. It used to always do this, and no longer
  does.

  Also, the kernel updates were listed in update-manager as "security"
  updates, but the session indicator had not turned red to indicate they
  needed to be installed. I thought it was supposed to turn red and add
  an "Updates required" menu item in such a situation, as well.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: indicator-session 12.10.5daily13.03.08-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu May 16 11:18:46 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-21 (206 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: indicator-session
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-12-24 (142 days ago)

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