Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > bdoe: If there are security updates waiting in the archive and Update > Manager doesn't open within a day, please report a separate bug about > that. However -- and I apologize in advance if this affects your sleep > -- it has never been true that "if there's no icon up there indicating > important security updates, then my system is truly secure". A > vulnerability may be found and exploited by bad guys before being found > by good guys; once it is identified by good guys, it may be hours before > it is fixed in a way that the developers are confident won't break > anything else; after that, Launchpad may take up to an hour to rebuild > the fixed package (depending on the complexity of the package); after > that, there may sometimes be an embargo of hours or days agreed with > other OS vendors; after it is released from embargo, it will be between > 0 and 60 minutes before the new package is published in the Ubuntu > archive; and after that, it will be between 0 and 24 hours until your > computer next checks for security updates. This is all true regardless > of whether that last step involves a notification area icon or the > updates window itself. I can't file a bug report on something I don't know exists. Like I stated, I may well have simply closed the window in a fit of desktop-cleaning, without realizing what the window was. I will probably never know, because once the window is closed, there is no further indication that I need to update my system unless I manually invoke Update Manager or another security update comes along (assuming I don't once again dismiss the window after it pops up and annoys me). With the notification icon (aka. "old behavior"), there is nothing I can do to dismiss the icon short of updating my system; nor would I have any reason to dismiss the icon prematurely, since it is completely unobtrusive.
As for your point about my system never being truly secure: I understand that. I was being facetious. but the FOSS community has generally been far more responsive to discovering and patching security flaws than certain monoliths (*cough*Microsoft*cough*) who have gone on record for leaving major security flaws unaddressed for about nine months or so ( /http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html)/... -- [Jaunty] Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
