[Bug 1079761] [NEW] Setting for "Notify me of new ubuntu versions" got changed automagically and silently

[matteo sisti sette]

Public bug reported:

A long time ago, around the times of Ubuntu 11.04, I realised that this settings exists in Update Manager: "Notify me of a new ubuntu version", whose default value "For long-term support versions" was preventing me from being notified of new non-LTS versions. So I CHANGED IT and I set it to "For any new version".
It worked (I got upgrades for 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04) and I never touched it again.

Now I had been waiting for a few weeks for the new 12.10 version to
appear as an option to upgrade, and was wondering how long it would
take, until I decided to have a look to that setting, and I found out it
had been changed back to "For long-term-support versions".

I guess it got changed when I upgraded to 12.04 which IIRC is a LTS
version. This should never be changed automatically without prompting
the user.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 16 17:09:18 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-17 (183 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'

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


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 precise running-unity

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Title:
  Setting for "Notify me of new ubuntu versions" got changed
  automagically and silently

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

Bug description:
  A long time ago, around the times of Ubuntu 11.04, I realised that this settings exists in Update Manager: "Notify me of a new ubuntu version", whose default value "For long-term support versions" was preventing me from being notified of new non-LTS versions. So I CHANGED IT and I set it to "For any new version".
  It worked (I got upgrades for 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04) and I never touched it again.

  Now I had been waiting for a few weeks for the new 12.10 version to
  appear as an option to upgrade, and was wondering how long it would
  take, until I decided to have a look to that setting, and I found out
  it had been changed back to "For long-term-support versions".

  I guess it got changed when I upgraded to 12.04 which IIRC is a LTS
  version. This should never be changed automatically without prompting
  the user.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Nov 16 17:09:18 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-17 (183 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'

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