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[Alex Launi <alex.launi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Removing "Restart" would cause a lot of people to be upset.  Not only
> since "Restart" is a pretty basic function, but that it'd be confusing that
> after a kernel update it says the computer must be restarted, when the
> option would no longer be there.  Even if the user were to figure out to
> "shut down" then press the power button, it's an extra step.
>

>From the spec at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ExitStrategy..

> For many occasions where the computer needs restarting, such as a kernel
> update, Ubuntu can offer a transitory interface for doing it (such as an
> alert, or a menu item in the relevant program). The remainder of cases will
> be rare enough that people will not mind logging out before choosing the
> Restart command (or, alternatively, using a terminal command).


It seems to be that "in the relevant program" could just as easily be the
session menu.

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--Alex Launi