Bug 401973 - Propose install available updates before installing applications
Summary: Propose install available updates before installing applications
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.14.4
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Aleix Pol
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Reported: 2018-12-10 18:23 UTC by Alexander Mentyu
Modified: 2018-12-13 02:48 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Mentyu 2018-12-10 18:23:10 UTC 
SUMMARY
In some situations when there are available updates with installing/removing of packages in updates - few apps cannot be installed because of conflicts - propose install available updates first before installing applications
Comment 1 Alexander Mentyu 2018-12-10 18:25:15 UTC 
As example - Krita app wasn't installing recently because of not installed updated packages/deps
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2018-12-11 18:16:49 UTC 
Maybe it should just be smart enough to know this for just the affected apps? Otherwise I can see this being really burdensome and annoying. A lot of people delay updates for long periods of time, but would like to continue being able to install new apps.
Comment 3 Chase Lau 2018-12-12 15:03:18 UTC 
When using KDE Neon Dev-unstable there will be updates available several times a day. I could see this quickly becoming burdensome if Discover asked me to update on every install.

A workaround might be to have an option "Don't update, and don't ask again".
Comment 4 Aleix Pol 2018-12-13 02:48:58 UTC 
We can't expect Discover to solve every issue. If there's conflicts that apt can't resolve then it's a packaging issue.