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update-notifier package

  1. Bug #332945 (update-notifier-autolaunch)
  2. Comment #66

Comment 66 for bug 332945

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Ted Gould (ted) wrote : Re: [Bug 332945] Re: [Jaunty] Removal of Update Notifier is WRONG

On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 20:13 +0000, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 19:29 +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> > Nothing like a healthy debate.
>
> Indeed. So let's kick it off with where we stand right now and that's
> (afaik, correct me if I'm wrong) no notification icon anymore and an
> update-manager window that pops up once-a-week (in absence of critical
> updates) and interrupts me. Is this understanding correct?

No.

What should happen is that the window should pop up behind other
windows. In this way it won't steal focus or have accidental clicks.
There would be several problems with it popping up in front of what the
user is working on.

If there are security updates, it won't wait for a week to show the
window, and the window will call for attention -- meaning that it should
pulse in the window switcher, to encourage the user to interact with the
window and install the security updates.