Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
Update manager grabs focus many times, and some are unnecessary. This
drives me bananas, because I start the system updating, then go off and
do some useful work. Invariably, just when I'm typing or clicking,
update-manger grabs the focus to tell me it's done. Or something.
Personally, I'd have been happier if my typing or clicking had gone to
the right window.
The real issue is that some of the things that update manager wants to
tell me are not high priority. If something does not *really* require
my action, I'd prefer that it did not grab focus. I'll get to it
eventually.
The worst offense is when it (a) tells me it is done, and then (b) grabs
the focus again to check (again) for updates, and then (almost
invariably) tells me that there are no updates. This is particularly
troublesome because it happens after a minute or two of silence. By
that point, I'm deeply involved in something else.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
stars:~$
~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
Installed: 1:0.93.35
Candidate: 1:0.93.35
Version table:
*** 1:0.93.35 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:0.93.34 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
1:0.93.32 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
stars:~$
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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update-manager captures focus too often - interferes with other applications
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306672
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