Comment 6 for bug 44067

This bug is still present in Hardy.

A little more information from http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351086#c2

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Here's the relevant part in the code:

GnomeUIInfo state_data[] = {
  GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Inactive"),
                         N_("Waiting to start or already finished."),
                         NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_BLANK),
  GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Starting"),
                         N_("Started but has not yet reported state."),
                         NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_TIMER),
  GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Running"),
                         N_("A normal member of the session."),
                         NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_EXEC),
  GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Saving"),
                         N_("Saving session details."),
                         NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_SAVE),
  GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Unknown"),
                         N_("State not reported within timeout."),
                         NULL, GNOME_STOCK_PIXMAP_HELP),
  GNOMEUIINFO_END
};

Second string is an explanation of the state and the fourth field is the icon
used.

Most apps are in the "running" state (with the exec icon).
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