Comment 11 for bug 430197

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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote : Re: [Bug 430197] Re: Disable partial upgrades during a development release

oh i missed the previous discussion.

Matthew Paul Thomas <email address hidden> schrieb:

>So we need a confirmation alert listing the removals, then? Okay,
>specification updated.
><https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations?action=diff&rev2=22&rev1=21>
>
>** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)
>
>** Also affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>** Description changed:
>
> More and more people test devel release of Ubuntu. While we give
> adequate warnings on the risks of running ubuntu+1 releases sometimes
> it's not enough.
>
> update-manager has a concept of a "partial upgrade" which seems to be
> more trouble than it's worth. Perhaps give the user a more descriptive
> set of options, something like:
>
> a) Wait until later until the archive works itself out.
> b) Install stuff, but don't remove anything
>c) Do a partial upgrade (and perhaps a scary warning like apt does when
>you try to remove glibc. "Yes, I recognize that I could explode my
>machine, do it."
>
> Or perhaps something like "Something bad has happened, go use apt-get"
> or something that makes it clear that update-manager is confused.
>+
>+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Installing>: "The selected
>+ updates should then install with the standard interface."
>+
>+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#updating>: "If the
>+ new package conflicts with installed packages, a confirmation alert
>+ should appear: ‘“{title}” can’t be updated unless these items are
>+ removed:’, with “Cancel” and “Update & Install” buttons, but
>otherwise
>+ identical to the equivalent alert when installing a new package."
>
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> Disable partial upgrades during a development release
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