As mentioned by the Debian report, a newer version has now been packaged, and this (0.5.1+git20170117-1) has now been synced to Ubuntu Artful. I'm therefore marking this as fixed. :)
If you need a newer version of this package in previous versions of Ubuntu, please follow the instructions for "Requesting a Backport" at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports#Requesting_a_Backport. ** Changed in: volumeicon (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448493 Title: Volumeicon-alsa is *very* outdated To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/volumeicon/+bug/1448493/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs