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Is "Restart & Install" appropriate for Ubuntu

Bug #1546634 reported by Robert Ancell
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gnome-software (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

On the updates tab there is a button "Restart & Install" button which performs an offline update of the system (i.e. restarts and installs updates outside of a session). Is this an appropriate option for Ubuntu? Does it work? Should there be an "Update All" button instead that updates everything inside the session? Or do we just leave this to update-manager and just allow users to update individual apps from GNOME Software?

Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
tags: added: gnome-software-ubuntu
Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)
Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Disabling as this feature requires PackageKit 1.0.

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 3.19.93~git20160316.f312890-0ubuntu4

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gnome-software (3.19.93~git20160316.f312890-0ubuntu4) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/no-offline-updates.patch:
    - Disable offline updates (LP: #1546634)

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:13:16 +1300

Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Emanuele (emanuc) wrote :

When there are updates on the software center, I have the "restart and update" button, but when I click on it, I reboot the system but nothing is updated.
I expect an update button, without restarting the system.

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Emanuele (emanuc) wrote :

Sorry, I can not edit the comment, I paste the info on the package and version of ubuntu:
Ubuntu 18.10 full update;
ubuntu-software: cosmic,cosmic,now 3.30.0-0ubuntu1 all [installato].

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Tino Meinen (a-t-meinen) wrote :

I see that the original bug was reported 18-02-2016. The title on this bug here speaks about "Restart and Install" whereas the issue in our case, the button has "Restart & Update".
Also, the status of this bug is "Fix released" (March 2016)

Summarising I think I should raise a new bug for this, as it seems to be a new issue unrelated to the issue reported in this bug.

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