I'm a relatively advanced user and there was no way for me to feel confident in choosing one of these options without doing research. Not only is the wording ambiguous, but the options are too few. For example, what if for some reason I wanted the security updates to be downloaded in the background? Or what if I wanted all updates to be automatically installed? These seem like separate issues but they are part of why the ambiguous wording is problematic. Why does one of these options pertain to security updates only, while the other two pertain to all updates? This adds to the confusion. I like the idea of a grid of radio buttons that was suggested, but if the text could be made more clear and possibly have the option to hover over or click on the text for more detailed information, it would help too. Something should be changed, anyway. I think that this should actually be a higher priority because even though it's an issue of wording, the wording is describing settings for a very important function. I think to say that this is of low importance is like saying that documentation for a given software is trivial. If everything works as intended by the developer but people don't know how the developer intended it to work, the potential for misuse is great.
** Description changed: - In Feisty the options for automatic updates in the Software Sources - window are unclear. + In Feisty, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic and Lucid the options for automatic + updates in the Software Sources window are unclear. Currently they are: -Install security updates without confirmation. -Download all updates in the background -Only Notify about updates Which leads to the obvious, and I imagine wrong-headed, question - What if I want to install security updates without confirmation and download all updates in the background? I can infer that the security policy goes from most automated to least, and so that if I'm installing security updates I'm also downloading the rest. But why not spell it a little more clearly? I remember the old language seemed good but this is the best I can do, ordered from least automated to most: Notify about available updates and ask for permission to install. - but don't install any. + but don't install any. Download all updates in the background and install security updates without confirmation. If that is too long, I think this might be explicit enough, though still potentially ambiguous. Only notify about available updates. Download all updates in the background. Download all updates in the background and install security updates without confirmation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96705 Title: Unclear language about Automatic Updates in Software Sources -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
