[Bug 777194] Re: idea: make update-manager warn user if application updates are available for app being run?

[Robert Roth]

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

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Title:
  idea: make update-manager warn user if application updates are
  available for app being run?

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  Idea for discussion: would it be possible to have update-manager warn
  the user if:

  - updates are available for the application the users is running/about to run.
    (would require "apt-get update" or equivalent to auto-run daily?)
  - updates have already been downloaded (but not yet installed) for the application the users is running/about to run.

  The idea here being that maybe we should warn users if "security-
  critical" apps like firefox have available updates which have not yet
  been applied.

  This idea may need careful consideration as some users may construe
  these warnings as nagging. As such, maybe a subset of applications
  could be considered. That subset might have to be graphical though
  unless we got clever with LD_PRELOAD to warn console users (although
  there are obvious problems with that).

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