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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You correctly allude to the fact that when a package update requires
restart, you need to do two things: (A) install the update and (B)
restart. As long as you haven't done both, you're just as badly off (for
a security update, you're just as insecure) as if you've done neither.
Until 2009 we used panel icons for both (A) and (B). Having noticed that
that didn't work, we switched to using a dialog for (A), but still used
an indicator icon for (B). Then having realized our inconsistency, we
switched to a dialog for (B) too (the same dialog, if possible).

The "Unity design principle" you refer to does not exist. And even if it
did, usability testing trumps principles. Sorry.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1346355

Title:
  14.04 power-cog does not turn red when restart is needed

Status in The Session Menu:
  Invalid
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Bug = a popup-dialog asking the user to reboot the system after an
  update should not repeat (popup again) at a later time if the user
  chooses not to reboot. Instead, the power-cog should turn the color
  red and no further popup-dialogs should present at any time.

  In ubuntu 12.04 the power-cog turned red when a reboot/restart was
  needed. This was a helpful feature because it informed users that they
  needed to restart the computer. But this helpful indicator is gone in
  14.04 and it has resulted in me never remembering to restart my
  computer because there is no helpful feedback from ubuntu that a
  restart is needed.

  In 14.04, I will perform an update and a popup tells me a Restart is
  needed but I usually select to restart-later because I am in the
  middle of working. By the the time I am done working I have forgotten
  that a restart is needed. Later when I am working again a popup occurs
  informing me that a restart is needed (but again I am in the middle of
  working so I don't restart). Bottom line: when the power-cog turned
  red, it reminded me that I needed to restart the computer. When I
  finished my work I look up and see the red power-cog and "Oh yeah, I
  need to restart. Now is a good time." In 14.04 this doesn't happen.
  Instead I'm perpetually bugged by a popup (which is useless because
  it's never a good time to restart when it pops up). The red power-cog
  was a much BETTER design choice.

  The removal of the power-cog turning red has negatively affected the
  management of ubuntu updates and it should be fixed so that it behaves
  like 12.04.

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