[Bug 96705] Re: Unclear language about Automatic Updates in Software Sources

[John Sutton]

Surely the language is not merely unclear but actually wrong!  In
relation to updates and updating, I think the 3 terms "notify",
"download" and "install" are pretty unambiguous.  And then the phrase
"Install security updates without confirmation" is also pretty
unambiguous.  I do not believe that this describes what happens!  I do
not believe that any updates to my lucid installation have EVER been
installed without first asking me to confirm it.

Am I misunderstanding the use of the phrase "without confirmation"?  Are
we in Wonderland?

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Title:
  Unclear language about Automatic Updates in Software Sources

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Triaged
Status in The apt sources.list editor used in Ubuntu (and Kubuntu):
  New
Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “software-properties” source package in Oneiric:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In Feisty, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic, Lucid and Maverick, the options
  for automatic updates in the Software Sources window are unclear.

  Currently they are:

  -Install security updates without confirmation
  -Download all updates in the background
  -Only notify about available updates

  Which leads to the obvious, and I imagine wrong-headed, question -
  What if I want to install security updates without confirmation and
  download all updates in the background?

  I can infer that the security policy goes from most automated to
  least, and so that if I'm installing security updates I'm also
  downloading the rest.  But why not spell it a little more clearly?

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#settings>