Comment 51 for bug 38512

Sebastien, I'd like to address some of your comments:

>could everybody stop comment spamming this bug? the default will not be changed because some
>vocal users decided to add lot of comments there

I don't care about the default, I care about having an option. We are vocal because the option is easy to include in rhythmbox and we don't se a rational reason not to provide it for the many users who would like it.

>- the notification area is not made to have applications staying there

that's not what a lot of other application developers think and for sure is not what I am used to and lots of other users are used to. Rhythmbox is the exception, and does not offer choice.

>- consistancy is good, but do you have many applications not closing when you close those? that's rather pidgin and the >reboot notifications which should be changed if they are not consistant in the default installation

As I said, at least for the applications I use, Rhythmbox is the exception. When I have an application with a persistent icon in the notification area, I identify the application with the icon, not the window. When I close the window, I expect to close the window, not quit the application, like with all the other similar applications I have.

>- seems that users will not agree on that so the best way is probably to have a plugin available to change the setting, that's >where recent comments are going

It is obvious to me that when different users wish different reasonable behaviours you offer choice, that's what made a lot of people "vocal" about all of this story. This seems not obvious to the rhythmbox developers and at least I cannot figure out why.