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aptdaemon package

  1. Bug #441686
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 441686

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

This just showed up on Reddit. <http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/17cdb1/poor_little_fella/>

It's true that we can't rely on Apport to show a message that's understandably related to the task, or even to show a message at all.

So, Sebastian, the question is: Could we rely on python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets to show an understandable message? Instead of saying "Task cannot be monitored or controlled", could it say 'Sorry, “Thunderbird Arabic language pack” can’t be updated because an unknown error occurred', or 'Sorry, "Abiword Word Processor” can’t be removed because an unknown error occurred', or 'Sorry, “Polly” can’t be installed because an unknown error occurred', etc?

If so, then let's do that. If not, then let's leave reporting of task errors up to the calling program (USC, Software Updater, etc), and abolish this alert altogether.