doesn't let user examine installation process any more
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Michael Vogt | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
Update Manager used to show the results of all of the tty output from installing packages in a window that one had to specifically close when done installing. This was useful to see what errors occurred or information messages might have been displayed. It no longer seems to do this. Certainly not in a case where there are errors. Instead I get a window with only the specific errors. That is useless. Frequently the nature of the error is in the context of the package being installed.
This is the second usability regression I have filed about the latest update-manager. It seems like it's being dumbed down for the numb-brained masses at the expense of those who really understand and want to see what's going on.
Can I humbly request that you don't forget that some of your users are intelligent and want to see details such as package installation output and the versions of packages that are installed and being upgraded and restore those features?
We're not all point-and-drool dummies who don't (want to) read a quarter of what's displayed for them to read.
Changed in update-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → mvo |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → hardy-alpha-4 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | hardy-alpha-4 → hardy-alpha-5 |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | hardy-alpha-5 → hardy-alpha-6 |
Changed in update-manager: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | hardy-alpha-6 → ubuntu-8.04-beta |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | ubuntu-8.04-beta → ubuntu-8.04 |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | ubuntu-8.04 → ubuntu-8.04.1 |
Changed in synaptic: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in update-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → mvo |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-8.04.1 |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in update-manager: | |
milestone: | ubuntu-8.04.1 → none |
I would second that. Especially that now the close button is useless as the window closes itself afterwards.
I am not sure how it was before, but how about the following:
- The installation progress window closes itself after installation, if the "Details" (a.k.a. tty output) are off/hidden. Even the close button should be hidden as there is no use for it in this case
- When the tty output/Details are shown (which means the user clicked on "Details"), however, the window should remain until the user hits the close-button. So the close-button would only be visible, when the tty output is shown.
I hope my description is not too confusing...
So what do you think about that?