[Bug 917452] Re: computer needs to restart

[thedanyes]

I'm running 12.10 and I get a message with the exact text, "The computer
needs to restart to finish installing updates."

It won't let me dismiss it, the only way to make it go away is to click
the restart button or minimize it to my unity bar.  Preventing a clean
close/dismissal of this dialog is potentially dangerous to my data
because now there is a restart button just hanging around that I could
accidentally activate.

I am less than impressed by this behavior.  It's arrogant.  It's as if
the software updater knows my current tasks are so trivial that I can
acquiese immediately to it's command to restart.  The terrible update
process is one of the reasons I moved away from Windows, and it seems
that Ubuntu is starting to follow those footsteps now.

Ideally, this dialog would allow for easy dismissal without restarting.

I would also suggest there be a note in the software updater on each
package/update whose installation will necessitate a restart, that way I
can easily choose to wait to install updates for which a restart might
be warranted.

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Title:
  computer needs to restart

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

Bug description:
  "The computer needs to restart to finish installing updates. Please
  save your work before continuing." Require a reboot as OS Windows at
  every sneeze. Why make such a stupid thing? Why should restart after
  upgrade mplayer, etc?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic 3.2.1
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan 17 03:36:40 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1326763675
   com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 600
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-13 (3 days ago)

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