[Bug 234704] Re: upgrade to 8.04 asks user to quit all applications too early in the upgrade process

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Confirmed

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Title:
  upgrade to 8.04 asks user to quit all applications too early in the
  upgrade process

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  The distribution upgrade process asked me to quit all applications
  before it started downloading new packages.  It then spent 2 hours
  downloading new packages before doing anything that really required
  quitting applications.  I should be able to use my computer normally
  until the point where the upgrade actually starts making changes (i.e.
  only tell the user to quit applications *after* the "Getting new
  packages" step).

  That said, if I were doing an unattended upgrade, I wouldn't want to
  have to wait around for 2 hours to hit "ok" on the prompt to quit all
  applications, so I don't have any suggestions for a perfect solution.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 7.10
  Release:        7.10
  $ apt-cache policy update-manager
  update-manager:
    Installed: 1:0.81.3
    Candidate: 1:0.87.27
    Version table:
       1:0.87.27 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
       1:0.87.24 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
   *** 1:0.81.3 0
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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