[kde] update-manager should suggest how to retry after failed upgrade

[Stephan]

Binary package hint: update-manager

After I was bitten by bug #107858 during an upgrade edgy->feisty
the update manager gives no hint on how to retry.

If the upgrade was started via the panel icon the user does
not know the command to invoke the upgrade (after correcting an error).

Thus the message to the user is: "you've missed your chance to upgrade".

(button Report Bug doesn't work at this stage -- konqueror is trying to start
but no window shows up)

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

For ubuntu its enough to just click on the upgrade button again. If you are using adept it should be sufficient to click on "Check". If not, I will re-assign this bug to adept.

[Stephan (stephan-h)]

OK, this is not a bug wrt functionality,
I'm on Kubuntu and via menu
    System -> Adept Manager Manage Packages
and then "Fetch Updates" I indeed get the Upgrade Wizard again.
(Does this correspond to what you call "upgrade button" or "Check"?)

However, for many users the usual way of updating would be to
click on the icon in the panel (I've no idea what that is called)
whenever updates are available.
That icon simply disappears after it's invoked, even if the update
failed on the Upgrade Wizard.
So it would be great if any error message aborting the Upgrade Wizard
would give a hint at how the Wizard can be restarted.
I'm just arguing in terms of usability, because the Upgrade Wizard
is initially invoked automatically, and if it fails that automatic is broken.

As an alternative one might think of marking the state as "updates pending"
in order for the update icon to be kept in the panel.

[Marco Maini (maini10)]

Suitable as wishlist in my opinion.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

With the new notifier (update-notifier-kde) this shouldn't be an issue in Intrepid.