"this has little if anything to do with "users' freedom to alter the environment", because the timeout parameter is for application developers, not end users."
So you really think that forcing a message that has one word in it onto the users desktop for 15 seconds concerns the developer and not the user? Really? And the ubuntu devs want to waste more time on this bug that they themselves created? Brilliant! -- notify-send ignores the expire timeout parameter https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390508 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs