** Summary changed:
- Update Manager- odd behaviour of package download progress bar
+ Update cache doesn't provide real progress information
** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Description changed:
+ Since we cannot make any good assumptions about the download size of the
+ repository meta data aptdaemon shows a pulsing progress information
+ instead of a real progress.
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+ Original bug report:
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Binary package hint: update-manager
This is not a major issue but does affect the user perception of update
progress.
Whan checking for updates the 'progress bar' behaves inconsistently, often
going to 100% and then jumping back to (say) 50%. Using system monitor to check
network activity also shows that although the status bar / progress box says
(say) "downloading file 40 of 42", all network download activity has stopped
and the software is presumably parsing the downloaded files.
To improve user perception/experience I think that the operation of the
progress bar should be improved to show a steady increase from 0% to 100%,
without 'jumping back' to a lower value having already reached 100%. The status
messages could also be improved to read (say) "Downloading file 10 of 42.." -
"downloading file 42 of 42.." - "Processing files.."
My system: Ubuntu Karmic on ASUS EEE900 - all latest updates applied as of
today. Update Manager 1:0.124.8 - though this behaviour has existed since I
started using Karmic.
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Update cache doesn't provide real progress information
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421824
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