Software updates listed as "Unknown Download", 0 bytes, with broken icon

Bug #1350771 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
indicator-transfer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Charles Kerr

Bug Description

Ubuntu 14.10 r157

1. Wait until some app updates are available.
2. In "Updates" screen, choose "Install All".
3. Open the "Transfers" menu.

What you see:
* Each update is listed as an "Unknown Download".
* Each download is listed as "0 bytes".
* Each item has a broken-image icon.

What you should see: either
(A) the transfers indicator should not exist, or
(B) it should not list software updates, which already have their own UI, or
(C) each update should be listed with the correct name (for example "Update to Shorts"), correct size, and correct icon.

Compare bug 1350308, the equivalent for paused and completed updates.

Tags: rtm14

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :
summary: - Each software update listed as "Unknown Download" with broken icon
+ Software updates listed as "Unknown Download", 0 bytes, with broken icon
description: updated
Bill Filler (bfiller)
Changed in indicator-transfer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
tags: added: rtm14
Thomas Strehl (strehl-t)
Changed in indicator-transfer (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ted Gould (ted)
Charles Kerr (charlesk)
Changed in indicator-transfer (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ted Gould (ted) → Charles Kerr (charlesk)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Charles Kerr (charlesk) wrote :

> What you should see: either
> (A) the transfers indicator should not exist, or

This may be the best option, but doesn't seem possible for RTM.

> (C) each update should be listed with the correct name (for example "Update to Shorts"), correct size, and correct icon.

This is not currently possible because this metainfo is not exposed by ubuntu-download-manager on the bus. Moreover, u-d-m- probably doesn't have this kind of metainfo for all the download cases it supports.

So for the short term that leaves one option...

> (B) it should not list software updates, which already have their own UI, or

This is the approach I've taken in https://code.launchpad.net/~charlesk/indicator-transfer/better-content-hub-use: only Transfers that go through content-hub are shown. Since software updates don't do this, they're not shown. The downside to this option is that it works against the indicator's goal of providing a single point where all downloads could be paused/resumed... see my comment above about option (A).

Charles Kerr (charlesk)
Changed in indicator-transfer (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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