Indicate when an update would require a restart about appcenter HOT 8 CLOSED

Reopening because I can't read. This is about showing an update would require a restart before you install it. Not that it now requires an update after you've installed it.

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This already exists in Gnome software if this might help you

Launchpad Details: #LPC Bilal Elmoussaoui - 2015-11-18 21:11:48 +0000

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Debian/Ubuntu does not provide a flag to indicate if a package will require a reboot. http://askubuntu.com/questions/674967/how-to-check-if-installing-a-package-will-require-a-reboot

The only way to know that a reboot is required is if the package creates a /var/run/reboot-required file before installation is completed.

This requires you to install the package to find out.

It is possible to add a warning flag that a package requires a reboot. No current software respects this hypothetical flag.

Launchpad Details: #LPC Richard Fairthorne - 2016-01-30 10:16:25 +0000

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Hm maybe we can poke upstream to see if this would be possible to add to the appstream spec

Launchpad Details: #LPC Daniel Fore - 2016-01-30 18:49:31 +0000

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https://www.bountysource.com/issues/28340022-indicate-when-an-update-would-require-a-restart

Launchpad Details: #LPC Maxim Taranov - 2016-12-15 02:09:26 +0000

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Fixed in 953e06f

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Gonna punt since this is an enhancement not a release blocker

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I think this is technically closed since we now restart for all PackageKit updates and flatpak updates shouldn't require a restart

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