[Bug 1166230] Re: Updater lists many transitional dummy packages

[Michael Terry]

Regarding a separate "Transitional" section, I'm not sure users would
know what to do with that information.  Maybe just throw them into
"Ubuntu base" itself at that point, as they are similarly
"implementation details" of how our packaging system works.

Regarding how to tell if a package is a dummy package, I can't find
mention of any official or algorithmic meaning we can attach to
"oldlibs".  Maybe a combination of oldlibs+size could tell us if it is a
"real" package.

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Title:
  Updater lists many transitional dummy packages

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

Bug description:
  The update-manager GUI lists a number of "Transitional dummy packages"
  available for update. There doesn't seem to be any additional
  information available about these packages through the UI. As a user I
  have no idea what I am supposed to do with them.

  I suggest grouping the "transitional dummy package" under the "Ubuntu
  base" section in update-manager, so that they are not displayed to the
  end user by default.

  To reproduce:
  1) Run Software Updater from the dash
  2) Look at the list of updates in the "Details of updates" list

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.185
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr  8 10:17:22 2013
  GsettingsChanges:
   
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (934 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-25 (72 days ago)

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