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update-manager package

Possible confusion between "Update" and "Upgrade"

Bug #445654 reported by emarkay on 2009-10-07

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #734026: Confusing terminology when performing update/upgrade.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	update-manager (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

I know this is trivial, but as I see it, "Updates" update the Repo/Sources list, whereas "Upgrades" actually add, replace or delete apps/packages.

Therefore shouldn't it be called "Upgrade Manager"?

This could be transparent - leave all the code as it is, just change the wordring text in the dialog box...

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2009-10-08

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Low

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emarkay (mrk) wrote on 2010-10-05:

Since Maverick is almost ready, wouldn't this be a good time to see if his can be addressed? :)

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote on 2011-08-02:

Thanks for reporting this bug. The confusion between the terms Update and upgrade is also discussed in bug #734026, so I am marking this as a duplicate of that bug. Feel free to comment there. As a summary from there, to have a consistent terminology, it would be best to have update used for updating packages on the same version of the OS, and use upgrades only for distribution upgrades to be able to differentiate between the two actions as the two are very different use-cases, with major differences in the outcome and possible dangers, whereas updates as you are using it (update repo/sources list) does not mean anything by itself, it is only a part of the process, which does not make any sense alone. See the discussion on the other bugs thread for the reasons.
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