Upgrade vs Update confusion on Update Manager

[Dario Ruellan]

Today, an intrusive dialog popped up (see attach) saying: Not all updates can be installed, asking for a partial upgrade.
Note the use of the term "upgrade" that I usually relate to "Distro Upgrades".
Going further, the next dialog (see attach) is titled: "Distribution Upgrade".
I think this is misleading: it is not clear what the Update Manager is doing (a current distro update or a new distro upgrade).
My thought is that the use of the terms "update" and "upgrade", need to be more consistent.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Duplicate of bug 734026. Marking confirmed.

[Marcus Haslam (marcus-haslam)]

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 15 May 2011, at 09:35, Vish <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided
>       Status: New
>
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> Title:
>  Upgrade vs Update confusion on Update Manager
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  New
> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Today, an intrusive dialog popped up (see attach) saying: Not all
> updates can be installed, asking for a partial upgrade.
>  Note the use of the term "upgrade" that I usually relate to "Distro
> Upgrades".
>  Going further, the next dialog (see attach) is titled:
> "Distribution Upgrade".
>  I think this is misleading: it is not clear what the Update Manager
> is doing (a current distro update or a new distro upgrade).
>  My thought is that the use of the terms "update" and "upgrade",
> need to be more consistent.