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[Jim Hodapp <jim.hodapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Rodney Dawes <rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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.
>

+1 to that - for many people this would be quite a surprise for app updates
to not occur if they navigate away from ubuntu system settings.

>
>
> 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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