[Bug 947008] [NEW] update-notifier inappropriately uses an indicator menu

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Public bug reported:

update-manager 1:0.156.6, update-notifier 0.118.1ubuntu1, Ubuntu 12.04
beta 1

On upgrading from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu Pangolin, Update Manager
stopped working properly. Instead, an orange starburst icon started
appearing in the menu bar whenever updates were available, with a menu
containing miscapitalized "Show updates", "Install all updates", etc.

Supposedly this menu is present only when dconf com.ubuntu.update-
notifier.auto-launch is set to False. But it is, and (as far as I know)
always has been, set to True.

I don't know why the setting isn't working, but it is an example of the
cost of implementing settings that shouldn't exist. There is no point in
displaying a menu unasked that exists solely to provide access to a
dialog box, instead of just opening the dialog box unasked. Showing
updates, installing updates, and accessing the update settings are all
the same number of clicks from the dialog as they are from the menu, if
any other windows are in front of the dialog when it opens, or even
fewer clicks if no windows are in front of it.

The indicator menu and the com.ubuntu.update-notifier.auto-launch
setting should be removed. Fixing this would also resolve bug 249367,
bug 265313, and bug 891421.

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  update-notifier inappropriately uses an indicator menu

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

Bug description:
  update-manager 1:0.156.6, update-notifier 0.118.1ubuntu1, Ubuntu 12.04
  beta 1

  On upgrading from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu Pangolin, Update Manager
  stopped working properly. Instead, an orange starburst icon started
  appearing in the menu bar whenever updates were available, with a menu
  containing miscapitalized "Show updates", "Install all updates", etc.

  Supposedly this menu is present only when dconf com.ubuntu.update-
  notifier.auto-launch is set to False. But it is, and (as far as I
  know) always has been, set to True.

  I don't know why the setting isn't working, but it is an example of
  the cost of implementing settings that shouldn't exist. There is no
  point in displaying a menu unasked that exists solely to provide
  access to a dialog box, instead of just opening the dialog box
  unasked. Showing updates, installing updates, and accessing the update
  settings are all the same number of clicks from the dialog as they are
  from the menu, if any other windows are in front of the dialog when it
  opens, or even fewer clicks if no windows are in front of it.

  The indicator menu and the com.ubuntu.update-notifier.auto-launch
  setting should be removed. Fixing this would also resolve bug 249367,
  bug 265313, and bug 891421.

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