[Bug 1033226] Re: No close option, only restart

[Vaclav Petras]

This was mentioned here almost 59+1 times already but anyway, it seems
that it needs to be said  again. The soft requirement to restart was one
of the Ubuntu selling points. Removing the "Restart later" button (which
was the defaut) accompanioned then by soft reminder -- a red turn off
button (in Ubuntu 12.04) is a terrible mistake which will disappoint
current Ubuntu users and will not atract new users (if they like the MS
Windows behavior they will stay with MS Windows and will not move to
Ubuntu just to experience the same forced update/restart policy). The
security concerns should be expresed by soft reminders such as red turn
off button (or check box "I'm avare of the risk" + check box "Mark
restart later as defaut button").

>From the fact that still in Ubuntu 13.10 it is possible to quit the
application from the panel without any further reminder of the need of
restart (e.g. the mentioned red trun off button), although the close
button is disabled and "Restart" (now) is the only and perhaps also
selected button, can be infered that security is not such a issue here,
but this is a just naive end user guess (which will turn into usage
patter of course since it is how it goes).

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Title:
  No close option, only restart

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The latest updates to "software updater" in 12.10 has only given one
  option in the pop up after installing updates and that is to restart,
  where is my restart later or close option?

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Launching_automatically>:
  "Software Updater should launch automatically ... when ... security
  updates require a restart to finish installing, and it has been at
  least 24 hours since you were told about this; or ... non-security
  updates require a restart to finish installing, and the “When there
  are other updates” interval has passed since Software Updater was last
  open (either automatically or manually)."

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#restart>: "If no updates are
  installable, but a restart is required to finish installing previous
  updates, a “Software Updater” alert should appear, with text “This
  computer needs to restart to finish installing updates”, and
  “Settings…”, “Restart Later” and “Restart Now…” buttons."

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#alert>: "If appropriate, the
  alert should have secondary text: “The computer also needs to restart
  to finish installing previous updates.”"

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#After_installing>: "After
  installing, Software Updater should behave as if it has just finished
  a manual check for updates ... whether it be showing updates that
  remain uninstallable, showing that a restart is required, showing both
  at once, or showing that everything is up to date."

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