[Bug 373006] Re: Update-manager should not incentivate to do Partial Updates

[Robert Roth]

Thanks for taking the time to improve Ubuntu. There is a similar discussion in bug #430197 on Partial Upgrades, could you please check if the solutions suggested there would solve the problem reported here? Basically it suggests having more failsafe alternatives for the user, and let the user choose.
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** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Update-manager should not incentivate to do Partial Updates

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  From my experience UM offers Partial Upgrade when it fails to get a package due to not built, FATBFS or FTBFD.
  It also does it, for dependencies replacement upgrades.

  Current string even promotes the use of it.

  But running it during development cycle leads to the removal of
  package for which dependencies are not ready, and I have no idea what
  i can do for stable releases.

  Can this option (Partial Upgrades) be removed or improved, and if
  needed left for Synaptic or apt dist-upgrade?

  see screenshot of text string

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed May  6 23:15:27 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: update-manager 1:0.120
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Uname: Linux 2.6.30-2-generic x86_64

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