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If a crash is already fixed by an update, prompt to install it

2012-05-11 16:15..17:00 in Jr. Ballroom 1

From the specification (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker): "If a software update is known to fix the problem, replace the primary alert with the software update alert (or progress window, depending on the update policy), with customized primary text. Or point them at a web page (not a wiki page!) with details if a workaround exists, but no fix is available yet."

Should we show the crashes the user has received that are now fixed by a software update in the description of that update? Should we provide a flag to automatically install updates that fix problems which left the system in an unusable state?