No obvious error when Software Centre can't install due to Synaptic being open
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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aptdaemon (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu Software Center 3.0.5, Ubuntu 10.10
If Synaptic is running and you attempt to install software from the Software Centre, it just sits there with the in progress icon turning (see attached image). It is only when you click on the icon that it says: 'Waiting for synaptic to exit'. A notification would make this more obvious for the user.
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Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) → Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
Hi David! Thanks for your bug report. We probably don't want to display a notification here, but it indeed doesn't make much sense to display a spinning icon with the label 'in progress' when there isn't any progress. We could do something along the lines of either not spinning the icon, or using a different icon, or appending an alert icon to the end of the row.