[Bug 17138] Re: Perform operations in the background

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Vogt
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Assignee: Michael Vogt (mvo) => (unassigned) -- Perform operations in the background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 17138] Re: Perform operations in the background

2008-09-20 Thread Wouter Stomp
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Perform operations in the background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 17138] Re: Perform operations in the background

2006-07-21 Thread Corey Burger
A switch to smart could make this happen. Just make smart listen on dbus and you are golden. Allows the UI to be run as the user, which means good things for accessibility and security. -- Perform operations in the background https://launchpad.net/bugs/17138 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 17138] Re: Perform operations in the background

2006-07-20 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
I just found this soc project: http://tw.apinc.org/weblog/2006/05/26#summer-of-code-acceptance It is about providing an unified dbus interface for background tasks :) I will setup a spec, since it could be worth a try for edgy+1 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BackgroundPackageInstallation -- Perform

[Bug 17138] Re: Perform operations in the background

2006-06-27 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Using a dbus interface could be a nice idea. So that apt runs in the background and the frontends only send a signal e.g. "install package-1". A symbol appears in the notification bar and we notify the user that packages are getting installed now. If something went wrong we show the installer dialo