> I think it would be reasonable for the GUI to say: "you can't upgrade
> with these repositories. do you want me to disable them, or cancel?"
Either way, they will have to restart the upgrade/installation :)
> I think the current Ubuntu tradeoff of making them allowed but discouraged is reasonable; you can hardly 'disallow' actions in an open system. But this bug has a much smaller scope: the tool does not implement its current design intention, and leaves the user stuck.
True, can't argue with that!
> I think it would be reasonable for the GUI to say: "you can't upgrade installation :)
> with these repositories. do you want me to disable them, or cancel?"
Either way, they will have to restart the upgrade/
> I think the current Ubuntu tradeoff of making them allowed but discouraged is reasonable; you can hardly 'disallow' actions in an open system. But this bug has a much smaller scope: the tool does not implement its current design intention, and leaves the user stuck.
True, can't argue with that!