[Bug 1340287] Re: package-data-downloader sends unnecessary email

[Steve Langasek]

This is the only place we notify users that the software has been
updated, which otherwise happens completely silently.  Since these
downloads are done asynchronously with respect to update-manager, it's
important that there be some feedback channel letting the user know
things have changed, /especially/ on a successful download.  I don't
think we want to change the current behavior.

On a typical Ubuntu desktop install, the user will never look at this
mailbox anyway.

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

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Title:
  package-data-downloader sends unnecessary email

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

Bug description:
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:        14.04

  update-notifier 0.154.1

  On a fresh installation of Ubuntu, I get an email from cron.daily:

  /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common:
  flashplugin-installer: downloading
  http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplu
  gin_11.2.202.378.orig.tar.gz
  Installing from local file /tmp/tmpKJ_ZKO.gz
  Flash Plugin installed.

  The update-notifier-common cronjob should only send an email if something
  went _wrong_, and should be quiet if its job was successful.

  Owen

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