So, we agree on everything except the meaning of the word "only" in 3.4.1. To be fair, this is obviously unclear to many packagers too: while many include the actual name in the synopsis (for example in gcc, emacs, and libstdc*), many others avoid it (for example in f-spot, squirrelmail, and strace).
It is true that for some low-level and command-line packages the actual name is identical to the package name, lower-case and all: for example, libcanberra, cdparanoia, and gksu. However, I posit that in real-world updates, most of those cases are contained inside "Ubuntu base" and therefore hidden by default anyway -- especially so once bug 1166230 is fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1180899 Title: Update list hides important details To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1180899/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
