Missing "sort by" option in update list (size, name, version)

[Luca Livraghi]

This is not a real bug, but rather a feature request. I think there should be an option "sort by" name, version, and SIZE.
When I look for updates, many times I don't download all the proposed ones, especially the big updates (sometimes I want to download big files in another moment). Everytime I have to check the biggest one and when there are a lot of updates I waste useful time.

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#sorting>: "Sorting by:
* “Restart Required” should list updates requiring a restart before those that don’t.
* “Install”/“Name” (the default) should list updates in alphabetical order.
* “Download”/“Download Size” should list already-downloaded updates first, then the remainder smallest first..."

[Jim Fisher (jedijf)]

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better. This will be moved to Wish List.

[XXXXXXX (yddraiggoch)]

Thanks for your report! Confirming this suggestion, i'm unable to set the importance to wishlist though.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Luca, I can understand sorting by name and by size, and I can do a design for that. But you also mention sorting by version. Did you have a use case in mind for that? It seems to me that most packages would have different version numbering schemes, so sorting by version wouldn't help you find anything.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Specification updated. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=104&rev1=103> The simple implementation is making the column headers clickable, but I've also specced a "View" menu as an accessible equivalent.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

I'd neglected to say how "Ubuntu base" should be sorted. I've done that now. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=109&rev1=108>