[Bug 1649835] [NEW] update-manager or APT should have indicator or low priority notification

[Sneetsher]

Public bug reported:

I have used 14.04 and 1604, but raise this report because of the
popularity of this issue to the new user.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/unable-to-lock-the-administration-
directory-var-lib-dpkg-is-another-process

see how many duplicate question are there.

- auto-update activated by default which don't show any notification or
indicator while updating the package list equivalent to run `apt
update`.

- security update downloaded/installed unintended

So it may take a while before it free the lock by itself. The top
solution is to delete the  lock. Which is not right as it may and
corrupting DPKG files while running two operations simultanously.

The best solution i can think of is to let the user know about such background running operation:
- either by showing the indicator (which currently not visible while downloading lists)
- or sending a low priority notification message, about running update.

I like more indicator option, it seems more convenient to give user
ability to stop it too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.196.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-91.138-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-91-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Aptdaemon:
 
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Dec 14 10:49:33 2016
DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
 
DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
 
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages trusty

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Title:
  update-manager or APT should have indicator or low priority
  notification

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have used 14.04 and 1604, but raise this report because of the
  popularity of this issue to the new user.

  http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/unable-to-lock-the-
  administration-directory-var-lib-dpkg-is-another-process

  see how many duplicate question are there.

  - auto-update activated by default which don't show any notification
  or indicator while updating the package list equivalent to run `apt
  update`.

  - security update downloaded/installed unintended

  So it may take a while before it free the lock by itself. The top
  solution is to delete the  lock. Which is not right as it may and
  corrupting DPKG files while running two operations simultanously.

  The best solution i can think of is to let the user know about such background running operation:
  - either by showing the indicator (which currently not visible while downloading lists)
  - or sending a low priority notification message, about running update.

  I like more indicator option, it seems more convenient to give user
  ability to stop it too.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.196.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-91.138-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-91-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Wed Dec 14 10:49:33 2016
  DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
   
  DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
   
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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