[Bug 942437] Re: aptd and update-manager run with high priority

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Title:
  aptd and update-manager run with high priority

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When logging in in a new session or after some time of usage, the aptd daemon (and the update-manager too, presumably) will start to scan for updates.
  The processes involved in this steps are usually running with full priority (or with nice values higher than 20? I wasn't able to catch it...), and this can make the system extremely slow, or even unusable on netbooks.

  If possible, having these processes running at lower priority (even if
  only for the scanning process) would help a lot and could make the
  difference in systems with low performances.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: aptdaemon 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Feb 27 23:18:53 2012
  DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   
  SourcePackage: aptdaemon
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-18 (101 days ago)

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