[Bug 2043425] Re: Details pane against unavailable Pro updates is misleading

[Renan Rodrigo]

Bringing the side conversation here:

- the Pro Client has https://canonical-ubuntu-pro-client.readthedocs-
hosted.com/en/latest/references/api.html#u-pro-packages-updates-v1 ,
which shows the same updates in security status but versioned and
machine consumable (security status --format json will be deprecated at
some point in time, when we are sure the APIs are sufficient)

- There is not currently a way of getting the changelogs for the ESM
versions, and if there is and I don't know about it, not when you are
unattached. So the good way to go would be replacing the changelog entry
with this explanation about how Pro works a little different. If you
want to include technical details from our side in this explanation I'm
glad to help.

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Title:
  Details pane against unavailable Pro updates is misleading

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If Pro is not enabled, then the details pane against a Pro update
  misleads the user into believing that there is no update available.

  Example of someone being misled:
  https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2023/11/12/ubuntu-pro-shenanigans/

  Expected results: either no details presented, or the actual details
  of the potential Pro update presented

  Actual results: a message that implies that there is no update
  available for this package, Pro or not.

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