[Bug 1340287] Re: package-data-downloader sends unnecessary email

2014-07-11 Thread Owen Dunn
I see that, but when one has 600 Ubuntu desktops it means one will get six hundred emails, which is definitely not ideal. Perhaps there should be an option in /etc/default to change how chatty the script is? Owen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 1340287] Re: package-data-downloader sends unnecessary email

2014-07-10 Thread Steve Langasek
This is the only place we notify users that the software has been updated, which otherwise happens completely silently. Since these downloads are done asynchronously with respect to update-manager, it's important that there be some feedback channel letting the user know things have changed, /espec