doesn't state why updates are necessary
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
The update manager doesn't state why updates are necessary. It just lists a bunch of cryptic package names with some blurb about what the package is for (which itself is usually cryptic, since you often see 5-6 packages for a single application or component of the desktop, and all the package descriptions just say the same thing).
The update manager should at the very least state why updates are available (are they security updates? bug fixes? new features? are they critical?).
It would also be swell if the update manager would group related packages together (with an expander to see all of the packages for the silly pedantic people who have the time to waste) so instead of seeing 5 packages about Abiword updates, the user just sees that there is an update to Abiword (as an example). The fact that Abiword is delivered as multiple packages is an internal implementation detail of the Debian packaging policy that is completely irrelevant to users (and most developers) and it's just useless noise. I imagine that extra meta-data might be necessary in packages to pull that part off correctly.
Changed in update-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Mainly your bug reports outlines my plans for gutsy+1:
https:/ /blueprints. edge.launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +spec/update- manager- app-view
Actually the updates are already grouped by their nature:
security, backports, etc.