Comment 0 for bug 734026

Binary package hint: update-manager

Ubuntu 10.04 offers UPDATES which are changes within 10.04, and distribution UPGRADES, which would be the conversion of 10.04 to 10.10, for example. However, due to a confusion of terminology, 10.04 is offering UPGRADES which are in fact UPDATES. I have just run update-manager on my wife's machine to perform an UPDATE. However, it was described by the software as an UPGRADE. It was therefore unclear whether it was improving 10.04 or converting 10.04 to 10.10. After the UPDATE/ UPGRADE, 10.04 was still on the machine (fortunately, as this is what I wanted), so it was in fact an UPDATE.

On the assumption that this issue remains in future versions, please clarify in the code the use of the terms, and restrict the term UPGRADE to transitions between version numbers, and use UPDATES for within a version number. Then non-geek users that really only want Ubuntu to just work, and don't want to launch major system upgrades by mistake when they would prefer to stay with the 10.04 LTS version, with all the implications for production usage, won't be concerned or confused.

thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Mar 12 20:47:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager