Progress no longer shown in panel for APT operations

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

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Start by tracing how the Update Manager performs APT operations and updates its panel button, then compare that behavior with Cinnamon's panel progress feature shown in the issue. Done means the panel button visibly reports progress while an APT operation is running.

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BUG REPRODUCED

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Cinnamon supports a feature which allows applications to show progress in the panel button. Here for example is Firefox using it:

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Describe the solution you'd like
The update manager should likewise indicate progress via this feature.

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