Ubuntu
update-manager package

Confirm dialog is confusing and too technical

Bug #518866 reported by Michael Vogt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
Lucid
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

The current confirmation dialog is too technical and contains too much information. A lot of the package the user will not know about. We need to discuss how to make it more useful.

Ideas:
 - show nothing at all
 - show nothing before and a summary after the upgrade
 - only show applications
 - only show applications and stuff that is not in the default install

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone: ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Bumping to post-Lucid, per Michael on IRC.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone: ubuntu-10.04-beta-2 → none
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Michael, is this about the dialog when upgrading from one Ubuntu version to the next? I've redesigned that dialog to summarize the download size and duration, the new Ubuntu version, any removed applications, and the extra disk space required. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseUpgrades#ready>

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