Ubuntu
update-manager package

ambiguous text explaining updates to running release

Bug #461780 reported by Gavin McCullagh
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Robert Roth
Ubuntu later

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Running Jaunty, when I have updates to apply, the update manager tells me:

  "These software updates have been issued since Ubuntu was released. If you don't ...."

While I understand what is meant, I'm not sure a new user would. Ubuntu was released at least four years ago, are these updates for that entire period. Does this include the new version of Ubuntu which has since been released?

A simple clarification might be to say:

  "These software updates have been issued for this version of Ubuntu since it was released. If you don't ...."

or perhaps:

  "These software updates have been issued for Ubuntu $RELEASENAME since it was released. If you don't ...."

Tags: string-fix

Related branches

lp:~evfool/update-manager/stringfixes
Michael Vogt: Pending requested
Diff: 72 lines (+12/-12)
3 files modified
UpdateManager/Core/MyCache.py (+1/-1)
UpdateManager/Core/utils.py (+7/-7)
UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py (+4/-4)
lp:ubuntu/precise/update-manager
Revision history for this message
Gavin McCullagh (gmccullagh) wrote :
to be removed (liw)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Thanks for your bugreport.

I target tihs for post-karmic as it is a string change.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → later
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: string-fix
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Robert Roth (evfool)
Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.152.7

---------------
update-manager (1:0.152.7) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * merged lp:~mterry/update-manager/813778 to fix crash in
    initCache() LP: #813778. Many thanks to Michael Terry
  * add jenkins slave setup (config, upstart job), similar to the
    server-isotesting (disabled by default)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgrade.ui:
    - add minimal size for the details expander (and let glade
      reindent/reformat the entire file along the way)
  * merged lp:~evfool/update-manager/stringfixes

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * Updated translator comment to follow the Ubuntu Units policy
  * Display sizes according to the Ubuntu Units Policy (LP: #410310)
  * Fix ambiguous text explaining updates to running release (LP: #461780)
  * Added label to distinguish candidate version from installed version
    (LP: #537942)
  * Rename Check all/Uncheck all to Select/Deselect all
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:44:45 +0200

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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