Comment 365 for bug 332945

Wellllll.... Toralv is probably thinking "communist" in terms of Leninism or Stalinism, which were indeed oppressive totalitarian forms of communism. And Toralv, the developers make changes like this quite often, typically after much discussion, and based on input from users. Most of these changes are for the better. This one, however, was -- in many users' opinions -- for the worse, and the response to negative user feedback on this issue has made it seem as if the developers are determinedly ignoring it. I doubt that's actually the case, but it does seem from a non-involved end-user's perspective that their complaints are being cavalierly disregarded.

But Brian J. Murrell is right-- this isn't really the place to discuss the decision-making process of the developers. It's not really a place for discussion at all, except for suggestions of possible solutions to the "problem". I still think that using a combination of the old notification icon (as a persistent notification that updates are available) and periodic OSD notifications (to alert the user of the availability of critical updates) would be best, but... *shrug*