On Monday, November 01, 2010 11:15:53 am you wrote: > > Well I don't using 64-bit AMD KUbuntu 10.04 > > Then try Kubuntu 10.10 or a recent version of KPackageKit. > > > reason to replace synaptic and even less reason to remove the previous > > update > > manager WHICH ALSO SHOWED A USER THE SIZE OF EACH DOWNLOAD PRIOR TO COSTING > THEM OVER $1000 IN BANDWIDTH OVERAGES > Kubuntu used Adept, which had a lot of problems and was not under active > development. The "show download size" issue is different from this one. > So, does Kubuntu Maverick still show the behavior you described above? Or > does it not? (If not, this is a bug in the APT Python backend, which is > not used in 10.10)
I have not seen it, but, the only time I use KPackagekit is when forced by the update manager since some rocket scientist removed the good update manager which actually told you sizes. For a bug which is so important, two manager releases (one LTS) of KUbuntu have come up since it was reported. -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com http://www.infiniteexposure.net No U.S. troops have ever lost their lives defending our ethanol reserves. -- kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425280 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
