[Bug 832541] Re: Top-level checkbox only reverses selection, doesn't turn on/off

[Robert Roth]

Thanks for tasking the time to report this bug. This is not a
regression, as we did not have section checkboxes before, it has only
been implemented for oneiric. The problem with implementing it as a
select/deselect all checkbox is that we only have two-state checkboxes,
with checked/unchecked state, therefore we can not represent a partially
selected state.

What behavior would you like to see here?

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Top-level checkbox only reverses selection, doesn't turn on/off

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  To verify this bug, sign up for a PPA with several new packages. A
  random example is https://launchpad.net/~aapo-
  rantalainen/+archive/gcompris . Before installing the PPA, install
  gcompris and several language packs. Then install the PPA and refresh
  your apt cache.

  1. Open Update Manager and notice that the gcompris PPA section has several packages available.
  2. Uncheck one of the packages.
  3. Click the top-level checkbox for the PPA.
  4. Instead of deselecting everything in the PPA, the selection is reversed (what was checked is now unchecked and so on). And unchecking the PPA checkbox reverses the reversal.

  This is not what is expected and is a regression.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 24 02:48:56 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110822)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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