Notification should be independent of auto-download and auto-install

[Jens Finkhäuser]

Binary package hint: update-manager

1)
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2)
ii update-manager 1:0.150.2 GNOME application that manages apt updates

3)
See attached screenshot:
 - I want all updates to be downloaded automatically
 - I want security updates to be installed automatically
 - I want to be notified when there are non-security updates

Basically the simplest thing to do IMO would be to make notifications turn-on-and-offable via a checkbox independent of the three choices you're providing.

4)
I selected the "download in background" option and was never notified of updates. Now I've gone back to the "notify" option because then at least I know what's happening.

[c0nsaw (c0nsaw)]

Thank you for your suggestion.

However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum.

http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.

Thank you

c0nsaw

[Jens Finkhäuser (finkhaeuser-consulting)]

Where do I file feature requests, then?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

This is a valid feature request. I'm converting back to a bug and setting to triage/wishlist.
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[Jens Finkhäuser (finkhaeuser-consulting)]

Thanks!

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

I think this bug would be fixed by implementing the re-designed software update settings panel, as seen on [1]

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Update_settings
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[Jens Finkhäuser (finkhaeuser-consulting)]

Yes, looks like it

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Reassigning to software-properties, the package providing the dialog for adjusting these settings.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #357676, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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