[Bug 1802337] [NEW] Please apply security updates during Ubuntu install

[Jeremy Bicha]

Public bug reported:

Please have the installer apply security updates as part of the install.
That way the system will be secure from first boot.

Other Info
----------
For years I interpreted the "Download updates while installing" checkbox to be intended to actually download all the updates and install all of them before finishing the install. (Instead, it does precisely what it says: downloads updates — without installing them. And it will only download updates until the install finishes — even if the install finishes before all updates have been installed.) I am not the only one to have been confused.

One reason it doesn't work that way though is because this can
significantly lengthen the time needed to complete an install especially
if using an original ".0" ISO for an LTS that has been out for several
months or years.

I think the tradeoff may be worth it for the security updates. If not, I
guess you could add yet another checkbox for "Install security updates
now". And if you add that, you may want to add another one for "Install
other updates now".

See LP: #1802340 which proposes that we also update gnome-initial-setup
during the Ubuntu install.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: disco

** Description changed:

  Please have the installer apply security updates as part of the install.
  That way the system will be secure from first boot.
  
  Other Info
  ----------
  For years I interpreted the "Download updates while installing" checkbox to be intended to actually download all the updates and install all of them before finishing the install. (Instead, it does precisely what it says: downloads updates — without installing them. And it will only download updates until the install finishes — even if the install finishes before all updates have been installed.) I am not the only one to have been confused.
  
  One reason it doesn't work that way though is because this can
  significantly lengthen the time needed to complete an install especially
  if using an original ".0" ISO for an LTS that has been out for several
  months or years.
  
  I think the tradeoff may be worth it for the security updates. If not, I
  guess you could add yet another checkbox for "Install security updates
  now". And if you add that, you may want to add another one for "Install
  other updates now".
+ 
+ See LP: #1802340 which proposes that we also update gnome-initial-setup
+ during the Ubuntu install.

** Summary changed:

- Please apply security updates during install
+ Please apply security updates during Ubuntu install

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Title:
  Please apply security updates during Ubuntu install

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Please have the installer apply security updates as part of the
  install. That way the system will be secure from first boot.

  Other Info
  ----------
  For years I interpreted the "Download updates while installing" checkbox to be intended to actually download all the updates and install all of them before finishing the install. (Instead, it does precisely what it says: downloads updates — without installing them. And it will only download updates until the install finishes — even if the install finishes before all updates have been installed.) I am not the only one to have been confused.

  One reason it doesn't work that way though is because this can
  significantly lengthen the time needed to complete an install
  especially if using an original ".0" ISO for an LTS that has been out
  for several months or years.

  I think the tradeoff may be worth it for the security updates. If not,
  I guess you could add yet another checkbox for "Install security
  updates now". And if you add that, you may want to add another one for
  "Install other updates now".

  See LP: #1802340 which proposes that we also update gnome-initial-
  setup during the Ubuntu install.

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