Indicate when an update would require a restart [$15]

[Danielle Foré]

There should be some kind of indication in the list item that installing the update will require a restart

[Bilal Elmoussaoui (bilal-elmoussaoui)]

This already exists in Gnome software if this might help you

[Richard Fairthorne (richard-fairthorne)]

Debian/Ubuntu does not provide a flag to indicate if a package will require a reboot. http://askubuntu.com/questions/674967/how-to-check-if-installing-a-package-will-require-a-reboot

The only way to know that a reboot is required is if the package creates a /var/run/reboot-required file before installation is completed.

This requires you to install the package to find out.

It is possible to add a warning flag that a package requires a reboot. No current software respects this hypothetical flag.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

Hm maybe we can poke upstream to see if this would be possible to add to the appstream spec

[Maxim Taranov (png2378)]

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/28340022-indicate-when-an-update-would-require-a-restart