I've addressed a small part of this in the design specification for the
"Software & Updates" settings: it should use the standard aptdaemon status text
and error handling. So if Synaptic has locked apt or dpkg, the status text
should be "Waiting for other tasks to complete…", and if it's still locked
after 30 seconds, an alert explaining that "System Settings can’t install or
remove software until synaptic exits.". (I don't know whether this alert is
actually implemented in aptdaemon yet.)
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings?action=diff&rev2=21&rev1=19>
I'm not concerned with the design of Synaptic, but Robert's suggestion
makes sense to me.
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Triaged
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)
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"Additional drivers" tab doesn't work when Software Sources was
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