[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

[Forest]

Dear maintainers,

Won't you please accept my patch into mainline?

It is well-tested.

It fits the project's code style perfectly.

Most importantly, it gives users a way to fix this regression without
affecting default behavior.

You can see from this bug report that dozens of users have managed to
find their way here, which hints that there are many more impacted users
who don't know how to identify the root cause of the regression and its
bug reporting system, or simply don't have the time to do so.

To underscore that point, my PPA stats show hundreds of downloads of my
patched version, and even those numbers only represent a fraction of
affected users (my PPA builds are only announced in this bug report).

Moreover, I regularly have people contacting me directly, asking for
patched builds for the Ubuntu variants that they run.  I don't want to
be in the business of maintaining a fork of your project.  Please just
fix this problem in the mainline code.

Your users are asking for help, and we have so far been ignored for over
three years.  I have done all the hard work for you.  All you have to do
is accept the patch.  It's easy.  It's safe.  It works.

Love,

Your users

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Title:
  regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and
  other desktops

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in update notifier:
  New
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  update-notifier does not show a tray icon/notification in xubuntu 13.10 anymore. Instead the software updater window appears minimized, when updates are available.
  Additionally I tried to trigger the 'System Restart Required'-notification manually by adapting /var/run/reboot-required, but no notification was displayed (although it shows up in motd).
  As a side note: I got a 'there is something wrong with updates'-notification by removing update-notifier-common while update-notifier was running.

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