I don't know about the new summary Brian has put on this bug: "update- notifier notifies of phased-updates for which you may not be eligible". But I do know that the original summary I put on it was perfectly comprehensible and that it has now been changed into something almost illegible ;)
This is a user problem. It is not a technical problem. That is, though it may require a technical fix, the bug can only be understood when seen from a user's perspective. It may well be that the update notifier is telling me about "phased updates for which I am not eligible". But it is a nonsense, from my perspective. (Sincere thanks, however, Brian for the background info). You see, I doubt even that the bug is a bug as error as Brian has described it. But I am certain it is a bug as I have described it. And the same will be true of other users. The bug is more likely to be recognisable and useful with its original summary. So for example, the update notifier tells me today there are 29 updates available. But the Software Updater tells me there are just 8. I will therefore be changing the summary back to its original, user's perspective. This also still looks like a security vulnerability from that perspective. And that counts for quite a lot at the end of the day, how much confidence a user has in his system. ** Summary changed: - update-notifier notifies of phased-updates for which you may not be eligible + update-notifier says 29 updates available but Software Updater says just 8 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223321 Title: update-notifier says 29 updates available but Software Updater says just 8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1223321/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
