Software Sources shows codenames not version numbers

Code names are actually part of repositories URLs, and I don't know any reason to use version numbers instead (changing thing if such a level would require a lot of infrastructure changes).

I am not saying we should change the repository URLs, but just that we shouldn't display the codename in the GUI.

The code name is held in a text file within the software properties application source, it's not derived from the repository URL.

I don't see any complicated reason why software properties cannot just display "proposed" rather than "oneiric-proposed".

@Dmitry "Being part of the repository URL" is no reason to display it within the software sources GUI, else the entire URL should be displayed.

No additional value is given to "Important security updates" by the addition of "(oneric-security)", it's completely redundant.

I agree with Alan and haydoni on this one, the terms, and I am in understanding that we try to refer to them as 'yy.mm' for normal users after release, (unless working with repos, pre-release versions, etc), and this should remain consistent in software-properties as well.

The current specification is at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#settings>. I agree that it should be changed to not include codenames. However, we should take care not to cause regressions we don't understand.

The screenshot at <http://www.danielandrade.net/2007/11/10/10-things-to-do-just-after-installing-ubuntu-710/> shows that in Ubuntu 7.10, codenames were not shown. So can anyone identify why they were introduced, or at least when?

Actually, I was confused. That's the "Ubuntu Software" tab that doesn't have codenames, not the "Updates" tab.

@mpt: Should then the codenames from the Updates tab removed, and we would have only updates/backports/security/proposed?
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Yes, I think removing those codenames would be an improvement. (Sorry for taking so long to get back to this.)

I have updated the design specification <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#settings> so that the checkboxes are replaced by a menu with options for "All updates", "Security and recommended updates", "Security updates only", and (if your current config is anything else) "Custom". Though the main purpose of this redesign is to make silly combinations less likely (e.g. having -backports on but -security off), it also avoids mentioning either the codename *or* the version number.

Reference of the spec update: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev1=69&rev2=70.

This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.98.7

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software-properties (0.98.7) focal; urgency=medium

  * softwareproperties/gtk/SimpleGtkbuilderApp.py: Fix a typo in the
    keyboard interrupt handling code (LP: #1860143).
  * Updates tab:
    - replace checkboxes with a combobox (LP: #887079)
    - add a label for snap package updates frequency
    - center the contents of the tab and make padding/spacing more consistent

 -- Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:38:46 +0100