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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Making it configurable obviously wouldn't "satisfy all user needs",
because only a small fraction of users who might benefit from it would
even know the option exists. Fewer still would comprehend *why* it
exists, and even fewer than that would be bothered changing it. Making
things worse, the added UI complexity would dissuade people from using
the more-useful options around it. And the code would be less reliable,
because engineers and testers would be allocating the same total amount
of time to more code paths. And, after all that, we'd still have to
decide what the default setting should be!

So, no, we're not going to make this configurable. Instead let's
concentrate on actually fixing the bug.

I don't know how I missed seeing before that the mouse in question "has
no time remaining estimate". That should automatically exclude it from
being considered as the device that will discharge most quickly.

** Changed in: indicator-power (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315434

Title:
  Mouse with no time remaining estimate showing in preference to battery
  being charged

Status in “indicator-power” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  When my laptop battery is in a charging state, but is not fully
  charged, I expect it to be displayed in preference to my mouse, which
  has no time remaining estimate.

  The spec here:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power

  says:

  "If anything is discharging, the menu title should represent the
  component (not battery, but component) that is estimated to lose power
  first. For example, if your notebook battery is estimated to discharge
  in 1 hour 47 minutes, and your wireless mouse battery is estimated to
  discharge in 27 minutes, the menu title should represent the mouse. "

  but there doesn't seem to be any guideline to what happens when a
  battery is being charged.

  I suggest the time remaining to charge a battery should be displayed
  in preference to the power level in a wireless mouse.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: indicator-power 12.10.6+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri May  2 11:50:36 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-26 (156 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  SourcePackage: indicator-power
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-17 (104 days ago)

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