Stealthy update-manager with virtual desktops
Bug #369820 reported by
Barry Warsaw
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Michael Vogt | ||
| Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Michael Vogt | ||
Bug Description
I have 4 desktops in compiz on Jaunty. When update-manager pops up because there are updates to install, it does so in a way that will very often be missed, because u-m opens on a non-visible desktop. If it's going to magically pop up unexpectedly, it should do so on all desktops, or there needs to be some other global persistent way to know that it's active.
| affects: | ubuntu → update-manager (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| milestone: | none → karmic-alpha-3 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo) |
Revision history for this message
| Loïc Martin (loic-martin3) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Just a detail: the problem is made even worse by the fact update-manager starts as a minimized window. When you use virtual desktops, you don't really need the bottom panel, since each app has its desktop, making the panel irrelevant (no need to use it for switching applications).
As it is in Jaunty, I can go for weeks without noticing security updates. The designer(s) advocating the new behaviour and considering the newly introduced bugs could be ironed out afterwards probably needs to reassess his/her priorities before being trusted with critical features.
Complaining updates shouldn't use the notification area but using the bottom panel as a giant notification area (or the whole desktop, in case update-manager would open non-minimised) doesn't strike me as a great design either.