That the typical alert is "far too brief a tone to control" its volume does not necessarily mean that it "should have a permanent control in the panel". That problem could be fixed by following the spec: the volume controls should control alert volume whenever none of an alarm, phone call, or media are playing -- that is, most of the time. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sound#primary-output> Anyway, that seems to be separate from the two bugs in the bug description.
That the typical alert is "far too brief a tone to control" its volume does not necessarily mean that it "should have a permanent control in the panel". That problem could be fixed by following the spec: the volume controls should control alert volume whenever none of an alarm, phone call, or media are playing -- that is, most of the time. <https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Sound# primary- output> Anyway, that seems to be separate from the two bugs in the bug description.