[Bug 528584] Re: show notification when software is installed if software center is closed before installation finishes

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Thanks for the suggestion, Alex. Even better would be for this to happen
for all applications that install/update/remove software asynchronously,
not just for Ubuntu Software Center. So, I've updated the design spec
for aptdaemon.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations?action=diff&rev2=31&rev1=30>

** Package changed: software-center (Ubuntu) => aptdaemon (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Triaged

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

** Description changed:

  If a user closes the software-center interface while operations are
  still in progress, a notification should be shown when all operations
  are completed.
  
  However, if the window has not been closed, a notification is not needed
  and should not be shown.
  
- Installing:
-  * single package: Show "[Title]<Package name> has finished installing[body]Launch it from the Application > <Category> menu" with the software-center icon, or possibly the application's icon. I think that the software-center icon would be useful in helping the user understand where the notification is coming from, but the application icon may also be useful. This should be discussed before implementation
- 
-  * multiple packages: Show "[Title]Your software has finished
- installing" notification with software-center-icon.
- 
- Removal doesn't really need notifications because once software is
- removed, you don't need to interact with it so you won't be waiting for
- any process to complete.
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#general>: "10. If the
+ requesting program is no longer running (for example, Ubuntu Software
+ Center which has since been closed), a notification bubble should
+ appear. The icon should be that of the software item. The title should
+ be of the form 'Installation complete', 'Reinstallation complete',
+ 'Update complete', 'Removal complete', or 'Purge complete'. And the body
+ text should be the item title."
  
  See also bug 613996, about notification for tasks completed when the
  window is in the background.

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Title:
  show notification when software is installed if software center is
  closed before installation finishes

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If a user closes the software-center interface while operations are
  still in progress, a notification should be shown when all operations
  are completed.

  However, if the window has not been closed, a notification is not
  needed and should not be shown.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#general>: "10. If
  the requesting program is no longer running (for example, Ubuntu
  Software Center which has since been closed), a notification bubble
  should appear. The icon should be that of the software item. The title
  should be of the form 'Installation complete', 'Reinstallation
  complete', 'Update complete', 'Removal complete', or 'Purge complete'.
  And the body text should be the item title."

  See also bug 613996, about notification for tasks completed when the
  window is in the background.

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