Activity log for bug #1197727

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2013-07-04 09:47:29 Matthew Paul Thomas bug added bug
2013-07-04 09:47:46 Matthew Paul Thomas affects apport (Ubuntu) aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
2013-07-04 13:38:53 Matthew Paul Thomas aptdaemon (Ubuntu): assignee Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
2013-07-05 13:09:48 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos bug added subscriber Adolfo Jayme Barrientos
2013-07-18 21:54:21 Brian Murray aptdaemon (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2013-07-18 21:54:28 Brian Murray aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2013-07-19 10:46:13 Matthew Paul Thomas aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status Triaged In Progress
2013-07-19 15:32:43 Matthew Paul Thomas attachment added draft design for the alert https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1197727/+attachment/3742770/+files/config-change.png
2014-02-11 18:53:41 Matthew Paul Thomas attachment added revised design https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1197727/+attachment/3977493/+files/config-change.png
2014-02-11 19:04:44 Matthew Paul Thomas aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status In Progress Triaged
2014-02-11 19:04:44 Matthew Paul Thomas aptdaemon (Ubuntu): assignee Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
2014-02-11 19:06:50 Matthew Paul Thomas description https://launchpadlibrarian.net/144145563/Screenshot%20from%202013-07-04%2010%3A26%3A58.png This prompt needs redesign. In particular: a. it's closable and maximizable and should be neither b. the title is "update-manager" c. the question-mark icon is uninformative d. the filename is in the primary text, with Ascii quotes, though it may be very long e. a programmer-style diff is likely incomprehensible to non-programmers f. the recommendation is to replace the file, but the default is "Keep". When a package update suggests changing a configuration file, a dialog appears that could use a lot of improvement. <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/144145563/Screenshot%20from%202013-07-04%2010%3A26%3A58.png> In particular: a. it's closable and maximizable and should be neither b. the title is "update-manager" c. the question-mark icon is a bit mysterious d. the filename is in the primary text, with Ascii quotes, though it may be very long e. a programmer-style diff is likely incomprehensible to non-programmers f. the recommendation is to replace the file, but the default is "Keep". <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#updating>: "If the update suggests changing a configuration file, an alert should appear..."