Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
Ubuntu 7.04
A few minutes ago, the "Distribution Upgrade" window told me there were
"About 2 days 1 hours 15 minutes remaining". Now, it tells me there are
"About 1 days 10 hours 17 minutes reminaing".
This bug is not about the plurals (bug 87914), it is about the
precision. Realistically, if there's more than a day remaining, Update
Manager can't accurately estimate the number of minutes in addition to
the number of hours. And even if it could, it wouldn't be very
interesting.
So if there is more than a day remaining, the estimate should be to the
nearest hour, not the nearest minute. (Arguably, the same is true even
if the estimate is less than a day - "About 9 hours" has a higher
signal-to-noise ratio than "About 8 hours 51 minutes" does. Perhaps
minutes start becoming relevant once the estimate is less than about 2
hours.)
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Time estimates in days+hours+minutes are overly precise
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144455
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