[Bug 1573250] Re: Restart services notification during Ubuntu GNOME release upgrade is hidden by default

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** Tags added: trusty2xenial

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Title:
  Restart services notification during Ubuntu GNOME release upgrade is
  hidden by default

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Just as the title suggests, when performing Ubuntu GNOME Trusty ->
  Xenial release upgrades the notification in the terminal asking the
  user to choose whether or not to restart services is hidden from view
  (see screenshot) giving the appearance that the upgrade is frozen. So
  the user must know to click on the window title bar and drag the
  window upwards to reveal the full text.

  Additionally the user must know to use the tab key to select yes or no
  and then press enter to proceed with the upgrade. It's important to
  realize that this occurs shortly after fetching updates is complete,
  so it's far enough into the upgrade that the user may have become
  distracted and may assume the upgrade is simply frozen.

  IMHO the most ideal "fix" to this would involve removing this
  notification altogether and having the release upgrader make the
  wisest choice without the need for user input. I've performed
  repetitive tests this cycle and it really doesn't seem to matter if I
  select yes or no, it's just important to do one or the other so the
  upgrade can complete.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Apr 21 15:46:14 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-21 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20150805)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-21 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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