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Bug 775080 - Require/recommend all other updates to be installed before allowing to start system upgrade
Require/recommend all other updates to be installed before allowing to start ...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-software
Classification: Applications
Component: General
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Software maintainer(s)
GNOME Software maintainer(s)
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Reported: 2016-11-25 12:26 UTC by Kamil Páral
Modified: 2018-01-24 17:21 UTC
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Description Kamil Páral 2016-11-25 12:26:24 UTC 
I believe there are very good reasons to require/recommend all other updates to be installed before allowing to start system upgrade. They are all described downstream here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336435

I create this ticket because a designer approval seems compulsory for any UI changes.
Comment 1 Richard Hughes 2017-02-17 12:22:50 UTC 
We've need some kind of way of telling the user to update everything before the upgrade is shown. Or maybe the upgrade can be shown, just with some kind of warning text.
Comment 2 Allan Day 2017-10-24 10:08:18 UTC 
This is quite yucky from a UX perspective - it's an extra reboot, you can't restart to install updates while downloading the OS upgrade, and keeping the current version up to date is a moving target.

If it really is important, the UI should require that updates be installed first - you'd replace the "download OS upgrade" button with a "prepare for upgrade" button.

Only when the system is up to date would the "download upgrade" button be available.
Comment 3 Kamil Páral 2017-10-24 10:20:02 UTC 
It's really important. We've had cases where you end up with corrupted data or a half-upgraded system if you don't have the latest fixes installed.
Comment 4 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-01-24 17:21:59 UTC 
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