[Bug 887079] Re: Software Sources shows codenames not version numbers

[Alan Pope]

I am not saying we should change the repository URLs, but just that we
shouldn't display the codename in the GUI.

The code name is held in a text file within the software properties
application source, it's not derived from the repository URL.

I don't see any complicated reason why software properties cannot just
display "proposed" rather than "oneiric-proposed".

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Title:
  Software Sources shows codenames not version numbers

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  In the updates tab software-properties shows codenames such as
  'oneiric-updates' and 'oneiric-proposed'. As I understand it we
  shouldn't really show the codename to the user. It also seems somewhat
  redundant, it's not like that screen would ever have anything other
  than $current_release-* in it. I can see why the 3rd party sources
  might display codenames as users may (for whatever reason) want to add
  the source for an older (or newer) release on a 3rd party site to get
  an app.

  See screenshot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.81.10
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-999-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Nov  7 11:20:31 2011
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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