[Bug 1789769] [NEW] when upgrading software updater should not ask questions for which the user has insufficent knowledge to decide

[Humphrey van Polanen Petel]

Public bug reported:

I believe it is reasonable to assume that Software Updater is capable of
ascertaining *before* starting the upgrade whether there are any
questions that need answers in order for the upgrade to proceed.  Surely
is *not* reasonable to expect every user to be knowledgeable about all
details of the system.  As a case in point, when upgrading from 16.04 to
18.04, I was asked to choose between Gnome3 and Lightdm when I had never
even heard of either before.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Aug 30 11:32:14 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-13 (259 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-28 (1 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


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

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Title:
  when upgrading software updater should not ask questions  for which
  the user has insufficent knowledge to decide

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

Bug description:
  I believe it is reasonable to assume that Software Updater is capable
  of ascertaining *before* starting the upgrade whether there are any
  questions that need answers in order for the upgrade to proceed.
  Surely is *not* reasonable to expect every user to be knowledgeable
  about all details of the system.  As a case in point, when upgrading
  from 16.04 to 18.04, I was asked to choose between Gnome3 and Lightdm
  when I had never even heard of either before.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Aug 30 11:32:14 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-13 (259 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-28 (1 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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