[Bug 1577215] Re: Origin pattern is unexpected on dpkg-reconfigure

[Balint Reczey]

Verified with 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.2 on Xenial.

root at x-uu-lp-1260041:~# dpkg -l unattended-upgrades | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                Version                    Architecture Description
+++-===================-==========================-============-===========================================
ii  unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.2 all          automatic installation of security upgrades
root at x-uu-lp-1260041:~# dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades 
root at x-uu-lp-1260041:~# env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades 
Configuring unattended-upgrades
-------------------------------

Applying updates on a frequent basis is an important part of keeping systems secure. By default, updates need to be applied manually using package management tools. 
Alternatively, you can choose to have this system automatically download and install important updates.

Automatically download and install stable updates? [yes/no] yes


root at x-uu-lp-1260041:~# 


** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-xenial

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Title:
  Origin pattern is unexpected on dpkg-reconfigure

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  In testing out the new unattended-upgrades behaviour I was asked an
  unexpected question about the "unattended-upgrades Origin-Pattern".
  This is not a great experience, it doesn't match anything other than
  internal code patterns.

  For example, the default offered does NOT look like a sensible Ubuntu
  default for Ubuntu users:

    "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-
  Security";___

  Is that correct, or a mistake?

  What I would expect is simply this:

   Install security updates (Y/N)
   Install performance and reliability updates (Y/N)
   Install updates from unofficial archives (Y/N)

  The latter would map to all PPAs etc.

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