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Contributor mikysett on Update manager

In the "update manager" window missing the possibility to choose the PC behavior  
Written by zago84 the 22 Nov 12 at 13:32. New
When you have to do an update and you want to shutdown the PC (or reboot) but you can't stay in front of him you can't choose before the behavior. Today you have to stay in front of him.
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Solution #1: During "update" window add the possibility to choose the behavior before end
Written by zago84 the 22 Nov 12 at 13:32.
I think it's really useful if during upgrade process, by a drop-down menu in the same update manager window, you can choose the behavior before the end one of them:

- no action
- restart
- turn off

I thought about a drop-down menu that allow you to change your choice at any time during upgrade. Or more simply and less invasively a drop-down menu hidden under a simple icon like a gear.

So, after starting update process, you can get away from the PC and it will do what you choose.
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Solution #2: If the download size is considerable let's the user choose
Written by mikysett the 3 Dec 12 at 16:57.
If the size of the upgrade is really big, when you click on "update" a pop-up will appear telling: "Download and install all this stuff will take a lot of time for me, perhaps you wont be there then anymore, do you want I shoot down automatically when I've done?", with "yes", "no" and "config" buttons.
With this solution you can add in the parameters the minimum size of the download to make the pop-up appear.

So people can make the choice they want without having additional buttons to care about.

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