[Bug 1702724] [NEW] Doesn't auto open update-manager as it should

[Sebastien Bacher]

Public bug reported:

Since Xenial it seems that update-manager is not presented to users as
often as it should.

One possible reason is that update-notifier is trying to be too smart
about when it should open the updater and reset the counter when the
dpkg/apt logs timestamps change. The logic behind that was to try to not
bother command line users and don't present them the graphical UI if
they are doing their update using apt directly. That's not very obvious
how it's working though and not playing well with unattended-upgrades
(security updates get installed in background, the system thinks it's
users doing their updates manually and is never prompting as a result).

The suggested fix is to just drop that smart behaviour and prompt users
after the configured delay. Command line users who don't like that can
just change the setting to "never"

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  Doesn't auto open update-manager as it should

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since Xenial it seems that update-manager is not presented to users as
  often as it should.

  One possible reason is that update-notifier is trying to be too smart
  about when it should open the updater and reset the counter when the
  dpkg/apt logs timestamps change. The logic behind that was to try to
  not bother command line users and don't present them the graphical UI
  if they are doing their update using apt directly. That's not very
  obvious how it's working though and not playing well with unattended-
  upgrades (security updates get installed in background, the system
  thinks it's users doing their updates manually and is never prompting
  as a result).

  The suggested fix is to just drop that smart behaviour and prompt
  users after the configured delay. Command line users who don't like
  that can just change the setting to "never"

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