[Bug 2140527] Re: Replace software-properties-gtk by software-properties-common in the desktop seed

[Kirill Kuzminykh]

This app really helps me to fix NVidia driver installation issues that
sometimes occur after installing a system update (usually a partial
update). In these cases, the proprietary NVidia driver stops working and
the "nouveau" driver is enabled instead. I use "Software & Updates" to
re-enable the NVidia driver.

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Title:
  Replace software-properties-gtk by software-properties-common in the
  desktop seed

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  software-properties is an old gtk application essentially focused on
  deb/apt world. Many of its features are dangerous or too complex for
  normal users (removing main, enabling proposed, source without
  specifying what, …)

  With the Pro tab moved to the security center, it should be removed
  from the Desktop image in 26.04 so we do not maintain it for the life
  duration of the release and only software-properties-common should be
  kept.

  Keep the package in main as other flavours use it.

  List of rdepends:
    Recommends: update-manager (>= 0.71.2)
    Recommends: update-notifier
    Depends: apturl
    Depends: ubuntu-desktop-minimal
    Depends: ubuntu-desktop
    Recommends: xubuntu-desktop-minimal
    Recommends: xubuntu-desktop
    Depends: vanilla-gnome-desktop
    Depends: ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal
    Depends: ubuntukylin-desktop
    Depends: ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal
    Depends: ubuntucinnamon-desktop
    Depends: ubuntu-unity-desktop
    Depends: ubuntu-mate-desktop
    Depends: ubuntu-mate-core
    Depends: ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal
    Depends: ubuntu-budgie-desktop
    Suggests: synaptic
    Recommends: gnome-packagekit
    Recommends: gnome-package-updater

  Check why update-manager and update-notifier need it and possibly
  remove it from the list of dependencies.

  *update-manager*
  UpdateManager/UpdatesAvailable.py:953:        self.window_main.show_settings(SoftwarePropertiesPage.ubuntu_pro)
  UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:204:    def show_settings(self, page_number=SoftwarePropertiesPage.updates):
  UpdateManager/Core/utils.py:70:class SoftwarePropertiesPage():

  *update-notifier*
  data/backend_helper.py:109:    proxy = bus.get_object("com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties", "/")
  data/backend_helper.py:110:    backend = dbus.Interface(proxy, "com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties")
  data/backend_helper.py:    backend = dbus.Interface(proxy, "com.ubuntu.SoftwareProperties")
  data/backend_helper.py:    backend.AddCdromSource()

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