[Bug 149777] Re: Time remaining in "Downloading package files" window is overly precise

[Robert Roth]

I can't see the estimated time remaining anywhere in the download
progress windows of update-manager, probably due to the fact that the
backend has been changed from synaptic to aptdaemon since this bug has
been reported. What should the status of this bug be?

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Title:
  Time remaining in "Downloading package files" window is overly precise

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  Ubuntu Gutsy

  As I write this, Update Manager is downloading package files. What I see, in the space of about 30 seconds:
  * "2h4m54s remaining"
  * "2h4m52s remaining"
  * "2h25m1s remaining"
  * "2h24m58s remaining"
  * "2h37m40s remaining"
  * "2h37m38s remaining"
  * "4h36m8s remaining"
  * "4h9m33s remaining"

  So Update Manager apparently doesn't know the time remaining nearly as
  precisely as it is pretending to.

  What I should see:
  * "about 2 hours remaining"
  * "about 2 hours remaining"
  * "about 2 hours remaining"
  * "about 2 hours remaining"
  * "about 3 hours remaining"
  * "about 3 hours remaining"
  * "about 5 hours remaining"
  * "about 4 hours remaining"

  Perhaps follow a pattern something like this:
  * 0 ≤ estimate < 50 seconds: "about n seconds remaining"
  * 50 seconds ≤ estimate < 50 minutes: "about n minutes remaining"
  * 50 minutes ≤ estimate < 23 hours: "about n hours remaining"
  * 23 hours ≤ estimate: "about n days remaining"

  See also bug 74884. It may save time to fix this bug at the same time
  as bug 144455, which is the same problem in a different window with
  time estimates in a different format. (For consistency, the two
  windows should present their estimates in the same format. One way of
  fixing this would be to make them the same window.)

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