software-properties-gtk should permit to upgrade only the packages that doesn't requiere reboot

Binary package hint: software-properties-gtk

I've set the automatic updates radio button to "install security updates without confirmation".

Now, after almost every automatic upgrade i find that my ubuntu system is to be rebooted.

This is quite annoying me, because it leaves me back to the windows days, when I had to reboot windows almost daily beacuse of freezes or things not working well. Now, while my system is quite robust, I'm in the same situation for a different reason. Reboot as soon as possible!

I intend that this reboot messages are mostly due to kernel security fixes, but my system is a standalone one and I'm behind a robust router and firewall, so that I'm not exposed to attacks, and so I'm not in the need of installing all the security updates immediately.

I'd appreciate if update-manager gave me the possibility to upgrade only those packages whose upgrade doesn't require a system reboot.

This perhaps could be accomplished very easily mantaining a file with the list of patterns that expands to packages that need reboot when upgraded.

One more automatic updates radio button would be required in software-properties-gtk, saying: "Install reboot-safe security updates without confirmation", while the 1st option should become: "install all security updates without confirmation"