[Bug 537367] Re: Technobabble in error messages when trying to update repository data or install package if another package management job is running

[Robert Roth]

Marked aptdaemon as also affected, as that's the backend used for package operations, so the package queuing mechanism should be implemented there, and the apps should provide an interface as suggested here, showing that they need to wait for the completion of the other package management tasks to continue.
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** Also affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Technobabble in error messages when trying to update repository data
  or install package if another package management job is running

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “gnome-codec-install” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If I open Software Sources, change some repository settings and try to
  close the window, I get a prompt to update the repository data. If
  another package manager (in my case Ubuntu Software Center) is running
  and I try to update the repositories, I get the following cryptic
  message:

  Another synaptic is running

  There is another synaptic running in non-interactive mode. Please wait
  for it to finish first

  This is not only frightening to a new user, it's also inaccurate, as
  the other package management application wasn't even Synaptic.

  I think the ideal solution would be some kind of queuing system for
  these kind of operations, say if I'm already installing something from
  Ubuntu Software Center, Software Sources would give me a dialog with
  an indefinite progress bar and a line of text saying that it's
  currently waiting for another package management operation to finish.
  As soon as the Ubuntu Software Center installation is done, Software
  Sources will automatically proceed with the repository update. I've
  attached a mock-up of such a dialog as an example.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Mar 11 13:21:49 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100310)
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.75.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686

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