[Bug 1816024] Re: ubuntu-desktop should not hard depend on update-notifier (make it a recommended dep instead)

[Steve Langasek]

update-notifier is part of the designed experience of the Ubuntu Desktop
and it should not be necessary to remove it to address the issues you've
identified.  Reassigning to update-notifier.

** Package changed: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => update-notifier (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  ubuntu-desktop should not hard depend on update-notifier (make it a
  recommended dep instead)

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The package `ubuntu-desktop` hard depends on `update-notifier` which
  is not good. It would be much better if it were a recommended
  dependency.

  Namely, the problem I initially wanted to report was with `update-
  notifier` not being configurable enough so it shows itself when you
  run apt manually on the command line. Pretty sure there's plenty of
  legitimate scenarios where desktops would be managed from command
  line. Think fleets of desktops in an office managed with SaltStack.
  Think scheduling updates to specific periods of time, outside of which
  you do not want to be nagged, even on single computers. And disabling
  updates from the Ubuntu Software app does not prevent the nagging when
  you operate `apt` manually. Neither does dconf-editor's com.ubuntu
  .update-notifier.no-show-notifications.

  Anyway, removing `update-notifier` solved the problem and then I
  realized that indeed, on machines where you do not want GUI for
  updates, you simply remove the package.

  And so this report is made. Please make it a recommended, not a hard
  dep of the desktop.

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