[Bug 723826] Re: Downloading updates while installing is off by default

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Summary changed:

- Installer – The option to 'Download updates' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default
+ Downloading updates while installing is off by default

** Description changed:

- == UX/UI workflow change request ==
+ Currently the "Download updates while installing" option is unchecked by
+ default.
  
- Installer – The option to 'Download updates' when installing Ubuntu
- should be selected by default
+ If there is an Internet connection, it makes sense for the option to be
+ checked by default. It's still present at all so that you can turn it
+ off if you're installing while using an expensive connection.
  
- == UX/UI justfication, Why do we want this ==
- 
- #FIXME
- 
- == Link to bookmark in the Installer design - Ubuntu installation
- process ==
- 
- Design spec: http://goo.gl/Kokw5
- 
- Relevant section: http://bit.ly/17SBZ1J
- 
- #FIXME please edit the installer design document mentioning that
- download updates checkbox should be pre-ticked.
- 
- == UX/UI Pros / Cons ==
- 
- #FIXME
- 
- == Technical Pros / Cons ==
- 
- We start downloading the updates earlier, but there is no guarantee all
- of them will be downloaded by the time the installation finishes. None
- of them are applied, so one will still see "Software Updates" available
- dialog on first boot and it will still require to finish up downloading
- packages. How does this relate to changes in
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates spec? Does the software updater
- download updates in the background by default as well? Both the
- installer and software updater should be consistent with respect to pre-
- downloading updates in the background, as otherwise software updater
- will pop up and still say that downloading is required.
- 
- == Current implementation ==
- 
- BLOCKED, (a) design specification not updated / inconsistent (b) the
- change and reasoning is not explained concisely.
- 
- == Current status ==
- 
- Download the updates is unckecked.
- 
- == NEXT ==
- When unblocked, please reassign the ubiquity task back to ubuntu-Installer team.
+ <http://goo.gl/jDxJC>: "This checkbox should be checked by default if
+ there is an Internet connection, or insensitive and unchecked if there
+ isn’t. If it was left checked, updates should be downloaded during the
+ installation, but not installed..."

** Tags removed: needs-design

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

** Description changed:

  Currently the "Download updates while installing" option is unchecked by
  default.
  
  If there is an Internet connection, it makes sense for the option to be
  checked by default. It's still present at all so that you can turn it
  off if you're installing while using an expensive connection.
  
  <http://goo.gl/jDxJC>: "This checkbox should be checked by default if
  there is an Internet connection, or insensitive and unchecked if there
  isn’t. If it was left checked, updates should be downloaded during the
  installation, but not installed..."
+ 
+ See also bug 761094.

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Title:
  Downloading updates while installing is off by default

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Fix Committed
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Currently the "Download updates while installing" option is unchecked
  by default.

  If there is an Internet connection, it makes sense for the option to
  be checked by default. It's still present at all so that you can turn
  it off if you're installing while using an expensive connection.

  <http://goo.gl/jDxJC>: "This checkbox should be checked by default if
  there is an Internet connection, or insensitive and unchecked if there
  isn’t. If it was left checked, updates should be downloaded during the
  installation, but not installed..."

  See also bug 761094.

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