linuxmint/mintupdate — pull request #48 by theSeppi (2014-06-26 14:33:32+00:00)
Title: Tray status icon now only shows on special events

The icon won't show when the system is up to date, another app uses APT or it is searching for new updates. In other cases the icon is shown. Tested on my Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon Edition