Public bug reported:
The package `ubuntu-desktop` hard depends on `update-notifier` which is
not good. It would be much better if it were a recommended dependency.
Namely, the problem I initially wanted to report was with `update-
notifier` not being configurable enough so it shows itself when you run
apt manually on the command line. Pretty sure there's plenty of
legitimate scenarios where desktops would be managed from command line.
Think fleets of desktops in an office managed with SaltStack. Think
scheduling updates to specific periods of time, outside of which you do
not want to be nagged, even on single computers. And disabling updates
from the Ubuntu Software app does not prevent the nagging when you
operate `apt` manually. Neither does dconf-editor's com.ubuntu.update-
notifier.no-show-notifications.
Anyway, removing `update-notifier` solved the problem and then I
realized that indeed, on machines where you do not want GUI for updates,
you simply remove the package.
And so this report is made. Please make it a recommended, not a hard dep
of the desktop.
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: bionic
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816024
Title:
ubuntu-desktop should not hard depend on update-notifier (make it a
recommended dep instead)
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The package `ubuntu-desktop` hard depends on `update-notifier` which
is not good. It would be much better if it were a recommended
dependency.
Namely, the problem I initially wanted to report was with `update-
notifier` not being configurable enough so it shows itself when you
run apt manually on the command line. Pretty sure there's plenty of
legitimate scenarios where desktops would be managed from command
line. Think fleets of desktops in an office managed with SaltStack.
Think scheduling updates to specific periods of time, outside of which
you do not want to be nagged, even on single computers. And disabling
updates from the Ubuntu Software app does not prevent the nagging when
you operate `apt` manually. Neither does dconf-editor's com.ubuntu
.update-notifier.no-show-notifications.
Anyway, removing `update-notifier` solved the problem and then I
realized that indeed, on machines where you do not want GUI for
updates, you simply remove the package.
And so this report is made. Please make it a recommended, not a hard
dep of the desktop.
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