[System Settings] Image upgrade can remove preinstalled apps without notice
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu UX |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Matthew Paul Thomas | ||
| ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
During an image upgrade last week the Notes app was removed from the image, resulting in that app getting removed from my device completely, I wasn't even sure my data was safe.
I imagine something similar could happen when a framework was dropped during an upgrade.
Something should have told me the app is not going to be available after the upgrade, why, and whether I can do anything about it.
Incompatible apps should probably be left around but unavailable to launch, preinstalled apps should maybe just get installed for all the users that had them already?
Or maybe preinstalled apps should just never get removed? Maybe they should just be installed on first boot as any other click would, and removing it from an image wouldn't do anything?
To save data, the preinstalled apps could be shipped in a writable part of the image somewhere and the .click files removed after installation?
| summary: |
- Incompatible / preinstalled apps removed on image upgrade without notice + Preinstalled apps removed on image upgrade without notice |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote Re: Preinstalled apps removed on image upgrade without notice | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
| summary: |
- Preinstalled apps removed on image upgrade without notice + Image upgrade can remove preinstalled apps without notice |
| Changed in ubuntu-ux: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- Image upgrade can remove preinstalled apps without notice + [System Settings] Image upgrade can remove preinstalled apps without + notice |
| no longer affects: | system-image (Ubuntu) |
That requires design work