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Re: Should App updates be passed to the download manager?

 

The downloads do happen via download manager. They just don't appear in
the transfers indicator. I'm not entirely sure why.

However, the updates page must be opened for the update to be
installed, as the installation there is done in the app itself, after
the download manager finishes the download and signals the app it is
done. If the app is closed, nothing is listening for the signal, and
sow the install won't happen.

I agree the installs should happen in the background even with the app
closed. I'm not sure if there is a bug reported or not, but it should
be if not.


On Tue, 2016-08-02 at 01:37 +0100, Daniel McGuire wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> when updating applications on Unity 8 the downloads aren't passed to
> the download manager like how contacts sync or Podbird (beta)
> downloads new podcasts. Wouldn't it make sense for the downloads to
> be passed there? Or is this intentional?
> 
> I personally think they should as you can have more control over the
> downloads and (I think) they should continue to download even if the
> settings app is closed.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Daniel McGuire
> Ubuntu Member
> 
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