[Bug 1044366] [NEW] Software Updater buttons ambiguous

[Dan Kegel]

Public bug reported:

Did a fresh install of Quantal alpha 3, then ran Software Updates.
It said
  "Not all updates can be installed"
and gave the choices
 Settings, Partial Upgrade, Continue

I can't tell what the difference between "Partial Upgrade" and
"Continue" are.

Those choices should be clarified to actually say something meaningful
so at least a technically minded user who's done lots of partial
upgrades in the past doesn't scratch his head and say "WTF is the
difference between those buttons?"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.170
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-6.6-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-6-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg.txt:
 [   13.901704] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link up
 [   13.902003] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Date: Fri Aug 31 06:20:03 2012
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1346418228'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'254'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'640'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity

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Title:
  Software Updater buttons ambiguous

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

Bug description:
  Did a fresh install of Quantal alpha 3, then ran Software Updates.
  It said
    "Not all updates can be installed"
  and gave the choices
   Settings, Partial Upgrade, Continue

  I can't tell what the difference between "Partial Upgrade" and
  "Continue" are.

  Those choices should be clarified to actually say something meaningful
  so at least a technically minded user who's done lots of partial
  upgrades in the past doesn't scratch his head and say "WTF is the
  difference between those buttons?"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.170
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-6.6-generic 3.5.0
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-6-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDmesg.txt:
   [   13.901704] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link up
   [   13.902003] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
  Date: Fri Aug 31 06:20:03 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1346418228'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'254'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'640'
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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