[Bug 383728] Re: update-notifier should not start update-manager without user input

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 332945 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332945

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  update-notifier should not start update-manager without user input

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-notifier

  Since upgrading to Jaunty, I've found that a while after logging in,
  if there are updates available, whatever I'm doing is usurped by an
  update-manager window, i.e. it steals focus. I didn't manually start
  update-manager so I think it must be being started by update-notifier.
  This seems to be corroborated by the fact that if I close update-
  manager, kill update-notifier and then start update-notifier again,
  update-manager starts. I don't even use update-manager, I use aptitude
  instead. So this behaviour is both annoying and unhelpful.

  If this behaviour is intended, I would at least like the option to
  turn it off. It might be relevant that my window manager is xmonad -
  it might not steal focus under Metacity for all I know. But IMO
  automatically starting another program without user input is rude,
  unnecessary, and if the user uses a different update program, useless.
  (I like having update-notifier being in the notification area to tell
  me when updates are available, but I don't use it to actually do
  updates.)

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