[Bug 912636] [NEW] [Wishlist] Better elaborate issues, don't guess and give more precise hints

[Sam_]

Public bug reported:

Since more user use ppa they land for support when ppa interferes during dist-upgrade.
Update manager isn't very helpful with general messages.
In this question,
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/183642

update-manager says:
A problem occurred during the update. 
This is usually some sort of network problem, please check your network connection and retry.

Expected:
## Ok with the entry ... problem occured ...
Please verify your network connection, in case rather connect to LAN.
Please disable ppa <alternatively third party sources> in software-sources <advise specific options how to achieve this>

In an ideal world update-manager would have investigated what exactly
went wrong and advises the specific workaround to the issue.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  [Wishlist] Better elaborate issues, don't guess and give more precise
  hints

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

Bug description:
  Since more user use ppa they land for support when ppa interferes during dist-upgrade.
  Update manager isn't very helpful with general messages.
  In this question,
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/183642

  update-manager says:
  A problem occurred during the update. 
  This is usually some sort of network problem, please check your network connection and retry.

  Expected:
  ## Ok with the entry ... problem occured ...
  Please verify your network connection, in case rather connect to LAN.
  Please disable ppa <alternatively third party sources> in software-sources <advise specific options how to achieve this>

  In an ideal world update-manager would have investigated what exactly
  went wrong and advises the specific workaround to the issue.

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