[Bug 961938] [NEW] partial upgrades no longer let me see which packages are being removed

[Nick Moffitt]

Public bug reported:

The UI around "partial upgrades" is a bit inconsistent at best, but I
thought I had worked it out.  I mean, if you say "close" when it prompts
you for a "partial upgrade" you can still install all the packages the
update-manager doesn't grey out in the listing, which is a sort of
partial upgrade of its own, but that's neither here nor there.

What the "partial upgrade" dialog seems to do is let me decide if I want
to uninstall packages to make the upgrade work.  Previously I was able
to view details and see which packages were prompted for removal.  This
way I could back out if it were, say, bash, but charge ahead if it was
something like ttf-obscure-fonts-transitional-package-2007.

This morning I selected partial upgrade, and the details pane just told
me that it wanted to uninstall 2 packages, but wouldn't tell me *which*
packages.  I ended up resorting to aptitude to work this out.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 22 08:16:04 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1332403243
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 610
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 921
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-22 (0 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  partial upgrades no longer let me see which packages are being removed

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

Bug description:
  The UI around "partial upgrades" is a bit inconsistent at best, but I
  thought I had worked it out.  I mean, if you say "close" when it
  prompts you for a "partial upgrade" you can still install all the
  packages the update-manager doesn't grey out in the listing, which is
  a sort of partial upgrade of its own, but that's neither here nor
  there.

  What the "partial upgrade" dialog seems to do is let me decide if I
  want to uninstall packages to make the upgrade work.  Previously I was
  able to view details and see which packages were prompted for removal.
  This way I could back out if it were, say, bash, but charge ahead if
  it was something like ttf-obscure-fonts-transitional-package-2007.

  This morning I selected partial upgrade, and the details pane just
  told me that it wanted to uninstall 2 packages, but wouldn't tell me
  *which* packages.  I ended up resorting to aptitude to work this out.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic 3.2.11
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar 22 08:16:04 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1332403243
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 610
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 921
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-22 (0 days ago)

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