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

Fri Apr 26 14:30:48 UTC 2013

Sorry, Dmitrijs, I replaced your questions without answering them. :-)

"Does the software updater download updates in the background by default
as well?"

It does for security updates, if you choose "Download automatically" in
the "Software & Updates" settings. An equivalent setting for non-
security updates would make sense too. I've just reported that as bug
1173208.

"Both the installer and software updater should be consistent with
respect to pre-downloading updates in the background..."

The number of updates available when you are installing is probably much
greater than on any occasion when Software Updater appears -- because
you're probably installing more than a week after release day, while
Software Updater opens about weekly. Therefore, downloading updates
while installing saves you more time than downloading updates during
normal Ubuntu use would. That doesn't mean we shouldn't have the latter
option, just that it's arguably less important.

"...as otherwise software updater will pop up and still say that
downloading is required."

That doesn't matter. We aren't promising to finish downloading *all*
available updates during installation. It's fine for Software Updater to
show updates regardless of whether they are completely, partly, or not
at all downloaded.

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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..."