Bug 987796

Summary:	Pops up a window when it fails to get updates
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Tomas Jamrisko <tjamrisk>
Component:	gnome-packagekit	Assignee:	Richard Hughes <rhughes>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version:	7.1	CC:	mclasen, tpelka
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Description Tomas Jamrisko 2013-07-24 07:47:49 UTC

Description of problem:
When downloading/obtaining of updates fails for whatever reason (e.g. no internet connection) a window notifying about failing updates appears. This windows is a PITA as it appears periodically and several of them can be active. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-packagekit-3.8.2-2.el7

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disconnect from the internet, try to get updates. 

Actual results:
A window pops up

Expected results:
There should be a notification

Additional info:
This is a really obnoxious UI "feature". The updates are trying to run without users interference in the background and this window just completely breaks it. A notification once per lost connection is sufficient.

Comment 3 Richard Hughes 2014-05-20 08:30:47 UTC

(In reply to Tomas Jamrisko from comment #0)
> This is a really obnoxious UI "feature". The updates are trying to run
> without users interference in the background and this window just completely
> breaks it. A notification once per lost connection is sufficient.

Upstream we've fixed this so we only notify (without a modal dialog) every 5 times  we fail, i.e. transient errors don't get a pop-up. There are string changes to do this, so not something easily backportable.

Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2020-12-15 07:27:02 UTC

After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.