[Bug 764836] Re: "Do you want to start the upgrade?" gives 56 K modem estimate

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: update-manager
- 
- 1. Install Ubuntu 10.10.
- 2. Run "update-manager -c -d".
+ 1. Install the previous version of Ubuntu.
+ 2. Launch Update Manager or Software Updater.
  3. Advance to the "Do you want to start the upgrade?" step.
  
  What you see: Something like "You have to download a total of 1,102M.
  This download will take about 2 hours 20 minutes with a 1Mbit DSL
  connection and about 1 day 18 hours with a 56k modem."
  
  It's likely that some people still use Ubuntu on dial-up, but giving an
  estimate this way makes Ubuntu look old. We should find a more sensible
  way to present the estimate, for example, showing the 56k version only
  if you *do* have a 56k connection.
+ 
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseUpgrades#ready>: "The time should be
+ calculated based on how long the package indexes took to download..."

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

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  "Do you want to start the upgrade?" gives 56 K modem estimate

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

Bug description:
  1. Install the previous version of Ubuntu.
  2. Launch Update Manager or Software Updater.
  3. Advance to the "Do you want to start the upgrade?" step.

  What you see: Something like "You have to download a total of 1,102M.
  This download will take about 2 hours 20 minutes with a 1Mbit DSL
  connection and about 1 day 18 hours with a 56k modem."

  It's likely that some people still use Ubuntu on dial-up, but giving
  an estimate this way makes Ubuntu look old. We should find a more
  sensible way to present the estimate, for example, showing the 56k
  version only if you *do* have a 56k connection.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseUpgrades#ready>: "The time should be
  calculated based on how long the package indexes took to download..."

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