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[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 03:13 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Shane Fagan wrote on 18/06/10 23:08:
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> > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 21:42 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> >> I have now completed about half of a specification for software
> >> updates in Ubuntu. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling>
> >> (The main things still missing are how to show installation progress,
> >> how to handle error cases, and how automatic installation should
> >> interact with interactive installation and the various session
> >> commands.)
> > 
> > Could you give me a task and priority list? I have some time until
> > alpha 2 ish to do some development after that im going to be doing
> > some quickly work.
> 
> That would be great! Thank you.
> 
> #1 priority: Fix the update settings interface so it matches reality.
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#settings>

This one is easy enough id say ill have a patch asap.

> #2: Replace the "Running on battery" alert with dynamic text in the main
> window. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#alert>

Could you give me a better idea of how to display this? I think I
understand you but could you draw up a quick mockup of where you want
the text on the dialog?

> 
> #3: Collapse the list of updates by default.
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#alert>
> 

Easy enough but what about the details of the update? Some people like
to look at the changelog, should I just leave that out or find some way
to leave it in?

> #4: Morph the main window into the installation progress window. (I
> haven't specified that part yet, but I will if you give me a few days
> notice.)
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> Matthew Paul Thomas
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--fagan