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

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

I have updated the design specification
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#settings> so that the
checkboxes are replaced by a menu with options for "All updates",
"Security and recommended updates", "Security updates only", and (if
your current config is anything else) "Custom". Though the main purpose
of this redesign is to make silly combinations less likely (e.g. having
-backports on but -security off), it also avoids mentioning either the
codename *or* the version number.

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Title:
  Software Sources shows codenames not version numbers

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

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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