Hey mpt, Could you give me a task and priority list? I have some time until alpha 2 ish to do some development after that im going to be doing some quickly work.
--fagan On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 21:42 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Shane Fagan wrote on 26/05/10 14:30: > >... > > I have a bone to pick with the update system in Ubuntu. It hasnt > > changed since I started using Ubuntu (Gutsy). > > I have now completed about half of a specification for software updates > in Ubuntu. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling> (The main > things still missing are how to show installation progress, how to > handle error cases, and how automatic installation should interact with > interactive installation and the various session commands.) > > > For one I dont think we should get asked our password to check for > > updates. (Thats a big one for me). > > When Ubuntu checks for updates automatically, you don't need to enter > your password. When you ask Update Manager to check again, you do need > to enter your password. I've proposed to Michael Vogt that your manual > check could use the same mechanism as the automatic check, so that you > wouldn't need to enter your password. > > > I dont even think by default the > > user should have to check at all. I think it should be checked once > > every week instead unless the user doesnt want that. > > The default is to check daily, show security updates (together with any > others) immediately, and otherwise show non-security updates weekly. > > > The second thing is can we put the updates in the software center > > instead? I know its complex to implement but having a separate program > > with only 3 buttons is a waste. > > I have considered this, several times. But Ubuntu Software Center is > (and, even more so, will be) a complex interface for what we're trying > to make a very simple question. (In > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#alert> you'll see that > I've simplified it from "a program with only 3 buttons" down to just an > alert box by default.) And, "oh, there are updates available, this would > be a good time to also install that program I've been meaning to try" is > not a realistic use case to design for. > > What we can do, though, is the reverse: When you install a program in > Ubuntu Software Center, check if there are updates, and offer to install > those at the same time. That would reduce, to a small extent, the number > of times people get interrupted by the updates alert. > > > Can do any of this for Maverick? > >... > > Michael and I would be delighted if anyone could help out in > implementing the specification. There are many small bits that can be > implemented independently. <https://code.launchpad.net/update-manager> > > - -- > Matthew Paul Thomas > http://mpt.net.nz/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwb2kQACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecr5hACeNxkN51LWUo+TNWctGqWJl9f2 > aooAnjY8CXbovdXsf0ZCdEZYw1YMTitH > =OG6A > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
