update-manager behaviour [was: Auto-launching of applications]

[Alexander Sack]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 05:57:19PM +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Mario Limonciello wrote on 20/02/09 17:09:
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> > I can think of cases when this behavior can be really disruptive too.
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> > Think about how annoying it would be if update manager was launching
> > while:
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> >     * Watching a movie
> >     * Playing a full screen game
> >     * Any time spent in MythTV or boxee
> >...
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> Whenever Update Manager opens automatically, it should open in the
> background. Please report bugs about specific cases where this doesn't
> happen, including what window manager you're using.

It seems that no-focus-on-map doesn't do the right job here on
compiz. It doesnt get focus (correct), but gets to front for me
(wrong).

Do we know how to do this in a way that will work on all WMs supported
by ubuntu?

 - Alexander