[Bug 476731] [NEW] update notifier does not work as intended

[Steffen Eibicht]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: update-notifier-kde

the update notifier in Kubuntu Karmic does not work as intended. It does
not show up when updates are available. If the user checks for updates
manually, via commandline (sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade)
the update notifier pops up a message that there are updates availabe
AFTER the user has installed them manually (via terminal).

Additionally the notification about updates pops up and disappears much too fast. This leads to situations that the user can not react fast enough on this message. Result: no updates. Also because the message is away then and the user will not get it again.
What if when the user is away from the screen? He does not see the message - result: no updates. 

setting the system notification to "do not hide messages" is a
workaround but no satisfying solution, as this also affects other
messages like copying files, messages from Kopete and so on.

Please think about re-implementing the icon-messages known from Jaunty,
which worked perfect in any case and scenario.

used system: Kubuntu Karmic with KDE 4.3.3

used package:

update-notifier-kde:
  Installiert: 9.10ubuntu2
  Kandidat: 9.10ubuntu2
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 9.10ubuntu2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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

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update notifier does not work as intended
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