So we need a confirmation alert listing the removals, then? Okay,
specification updated.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations?action=diff&rev2=22&rev1=21>
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)
** Also affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
More and more people test devel release of Ubuntu. While we give
adequate warnings on the risks of running ubuntu+1 releases sometimes
it's not enough.
update-manager has a concept of a "partial upgrade" which seems to be
more trouble than it's worth. Perhaps give the user a more descriptive
set of options, something like:
a) Wait until later until the archive works itself out.
b) Install stuff, but don't remove anything
c) Do a partial upgrade (and perhaps a scary warning like apt does when you
try to remove glibc. "Yes, I recognize that I could explode my machine, do it."
Or perhaps something like "Something bad has happened, go use apt-get"
or something that makes it clear that update-manager is confused.
+
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Installing>: "The selected
+ updates should then install with the standard interface."
+
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#updating>: "If the
+ new package conflicts with installed packages, a confirmation alert
+ should appear: ‘“{title}” can’t be updated unless these items are
+ removed:’, with “Cancel” and “Update & Install” buttons, but otherwise
+ identical to the equivalent alert when installing a new package."
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Disable partial upgrades during a development release
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