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What is the dot that appeared after midnight next to the date & time on the top-panel?

Asked by Wise Melon

Last night when I was having some desktop-notifications and it had just gone midnight this dot appeared next to the date and time in the top bar (this has only ever happened once before a very long time ago):

    https://i.stack.imgur.com/hmptz.png

Though when I clicked on the date and time it disappeared and I haven't seen it since, what does it mean and why did I get it?

I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You are using a PPA to get Gnome 3.18

I suggest you contact the PPA maintainer to report the issue.

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Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Ok, do you think I should contact the team which manages it directly or Ubuntu GNOME which is managed by the team which manages it?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Contact the PPA maintainer for the PPA you used. If you use 3rd party package sources rather than the ones from the official Ubuntu repository then results cannot be guaranteed.

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Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Tim Lunn (darkxst) said : 		#5

The gnome3-team PPA's are maintained by the Ubuntu GNOME team!

I suspect that dot is to indicate an "unseen" notification in your tray. It probably doesnt appear that often since most notifications get shown automatically when user activity is detected.

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Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#6

@Tim, ok, I will write to there then. And it doesn't make sense what you say because it is always displayed to the user, when could it not be?

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Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

Please continue the discussion here (if anyone wants to continue it that is): https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+question/283816

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Tim Lunn (darkxst) said : 		#8

it is a "messages indicator"
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/tree/js/ui/dateMenu.js#n214

If it doesnt go away after you read/clear all messages in the notification tray, then its probably a bug, however I have not seen that happen here