Comment 174 for bug 390508

Holger - what you say below about being the "controlling jerk" - I consider
that an insult. If you don't want to change the way the daemon currently
works because that's your project and you do as you please without regard
for (at least some of) the users' satisfaction with it, fine, I can
understand that. Trying to convince us that it's the right way to do it and
it benefits anybody - that's an insult. A default means one of many options
that is pre-selected for the user; in this case, there's only one option, so
this is not a default, it's just 'cause somebody wants it that way, blindly,
Apple-style. There's no real reason why forcing a fixed expiration time will
benefit anybody. Stop claiming that, at least have the decency to admit that
you just want it that way period.

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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Holger Berndt <email address hidden> wrote:

> @Mike Hartman: I don't see anyone forcing you to do anything. I was
> merely suggesting a way to solve the problem you and others here seem to
> be facing. Clearly, you're not interested in selecting a suitable daemon
> out of the many that exist - including a modified notify-osd ppa that
> does exactly what you want. Instead, you insist on forcing your own
> oppinions down on other people's projects (which makes me wonder who the
> real "controlling jerk" is).
>
> I agree to Alex Santic though that the man-page should be updated to
> reflect that the notifications may not appear exactly as requested by
> notify-send. Timeouts are just one aspect that may be affected. Other
> daemons may choose to not display the message at all, or delay it, or
> whatever. Relying on the manpage and wasting lots of time searching for
> the reason is unfortunate.
>
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