[Bug 1509275] [NEW] do-release-upgrade doesn't how which files are currently downloaded and will be downloaded

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Public bug reported:

Rather than forcing the user to review the list of pages to be updated
and downloaded for a release upgrade (very few people will review the
list and a lot will simply proceed) it be nice to show this list during
the download of packages (both already downloaded and to be downloaded
packages) with their size. This allows the user to view the list during
the time consuming download and eventually abort the release upgrade if
she_he spots some large unnecessary downloads.

Image you are getting impatient for the download to finish and check
what's taking so long and then spot all these `texlive` packages, but
only installed it to test if you like LaTeX and never bothered to remove
it. Then it'd be nice to abort the release upgrade, remove texlive and
restart it (where downloads would be resumed due to `apt-get`'s
capabilities of reusing and resuming downloads from cache).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.04.14.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.2-040202-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.6
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Fri Oct 23 11:13:43 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-14 (38 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
SystemImageInfo:
 current build number: 0
 device name: 
 channel: daily
 last update: Unknown
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-10-23 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade vivid

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade doesn't how which files are currently downloaded
  and will be downloaded

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Rather than forcing the user to review the list of pages to be updated
  and downloaded for a release upgrade (very few people will review the
  list and a lot will simply proceed) it be nice to show this list
  during the download of packages (both already downloaded and to be
  downloaded packages) with their size. This allows the user to view the
  list during the time consuming download and eventually abort the
  release upgrade if she_he spots some large unnecessary downloads.

  Image you are getting impatient for the download to finish and check
  what's taking so long and then spot all these `texlive` packages, but
  only installed it to test if you like LaTeX and never bothered to
  remove it. Then it'd be nice to abort the release upgrade, remove
  texlive and restart it (where downloads would be resumed due to `apt-
  get`'s capabilities of reusing and resuming downloads from cache).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.04.14.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.2-040202-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Fri Oct 23 11:13:43 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-14 (38 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  SystemImageInfo:
   current build number: 0
   device name: 
   channel: daily
   last update: Unknown
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-10-23 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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