I respect the fact this is a design decision and I assume it's based on user feedback.
That said, I don't really understand that rationale. I mean, it's literally a power symbol crossed with a cog, which reflects the semantics of the menu: two significant components are a UI path to system settings and power management options. I can't think of a better place to have a static notification of the need to reboot. I wholeheartedly agree with the need for this as explained in the report. In the end, I'll probably knock up a quick solution for this because I missed it straight away, but I thought I'd throw in my 2p. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1346355 Title: 14.04 power-cog does not turn red when restart is needed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/1346355/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs