Auto-launching of applications

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
On Mo, 2009-02-23 at 12:04 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 01:49:46PM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > additionally it would be intresting to know why the reboot icon isnt
> > shown anymore after you get critical updates, that seems like a security
> > risk ... you do an update and get the info to please reboot, but want to
> > go on with your daily work and click on "i will reboot later" then
> > forget about it during the day and run with an insecure system because
> > there was no reminder anymore ... 
> 
> At some point after upgrading to the new notification system, I'm
> reasonably sure that I got a dialog inviting me to restart now vs.
> later. It wasn't a notification icon, but that didn't mean it was
> invisible.
yes, as i said above, i got the option to reboot later in a popup
window, but there is no long term reminder anymore 
> 
> > if we drop such important functionallity, we shouldnt leave the option
> > to skip the reboot or keep it the way it was,
> 
> I suppose this was a strawman, but hopefully I don't need to say that
> forcing an immediate reboot after an upgrade would be completely
> unacceptable for all kinds of reasons.
indeed, its not a serious request, but it seems to fit the scheme we
seemingly recently start to apply to desktop design.
what i meant to say is that dropping a way to keep long term reminders
for actions like a needed reboot after security upgrades without any
kind of replacement seems odd. 

ciao
	oli
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