Comment 5 for bug 1867465

@Jeremy, I'm sorry I haven't returned sooner. I've been keeping an eye on how this works (and have experienced it again today with Budgue & Kubuntu 20200321).

Are you saying that it is downloading and installing that particular driver when I click "continue" from the installer page saying "download while installing; install 3rd party?"

That never occurred to me. I assumed that the disconnection would actually interfere with the install's ability to download while installing. (I didn't manually reconnect Kubuntu today, and it looks like a lot of updates are pending to be installed when I rebooted. I imagine those would have been downloaded while installing if I had reconnected before proceeding with the install?).

Should the installer inform the user that it's replacing the wifi driver with a 3rd party (and the user might have to reconnect before proceeding)? I did notice that it takes a long time for the "installation type" screen to be active. I guess that behind-the-scenes wifi replacement is what's happening. I think a status msg would be useful during that time (especially if the wifi is being disconnected. The user's going to see that disconnection and start fiddling with things before it's ready.).

Even better, should the installer reconnect? If it has the intelligence to replace the driver, it seems like it could restore the connection? (If so, I still think a progress msg would be needed so the user knows to wait for it. It's kind of unnerving to see the disconnection, and try to connect when it's not ready yet. Now that I know what's going on, it's not bad. But, the average person would stumble on this.