[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#642044: Bug#642044: Suggests reboot when restarting nm-applet would suffice

[Michael Biebl]

severity 642044 wishlist
tags 642044 wontfix
thanks

Am 19.09.2011 00:28, schrieb Josh Triplett:
> Package: network-manager-gnome
> Version: 0.9.0-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> The changelog for network-manager-applet 0.9.0-2 says:
> 
>   * On upgrades tell update-notifier to show a reboot-required notification
>     since older versions of nm-applet will no longer work with network-manager
>     0.9 and need to be restarted.
> 
> If nm-applet needs restarting, couldn't it just re-exec itself rather
> than suggesting a reboot of the entire system?

A patch would be welcome. I don't plan to work on that myself, so marking wontfix.

  Killing and restarting
> nm-applet worked perfectly, without requiring a reboot.
> 
> Please consider adding a mechanism to support rebootless upgrades.
> 

This is the best that can be done imho. It would be great if update-notifier
supported a "restart-your-desktop-session" hint instead of just
"restart-your-system". Unfortunately it doesn't.

Michael

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