Re: [Ayatana] Farewell to the notification area

[Vishnoo <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 13:55 -0400, Jim Rorie wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 10:55 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > 2) I have to dig through the menu to trigger updates(Hmm, is that
> > > preferences or administration?  I can never remember).  Annoying for a
> > > regular task.
> > >   
> > 
> > Again. Updates are not a regular task for regular users.
> 
> But they are a part of life for some of us.  And we had a process that
> worked and wasn't particularly annoying.  

I have to admit ahead, I'm an update junkie as well ;)
I initially too threw a fit for the icon being removed as well.

But, for whom and for when is the system *ultimately* designed for? 
The end stable release doesnt have as frequent updates or as many
updates as the alpha/beta/RC releases. 
Therefore it is not really a regular task. And SRUs are being minimized
as much as possible, unless essential.
The rest of us can hack our way around and revert the behavior.

Some discontent is from members who mention that they had introduced and
familiarized the update icon to their family and now their family
members dont do the update.
So... we just need to reintroduce the new behavior. ;)

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Cheers,
Vish