[Bug 120689] Re: "Not all updates can be installed" dialog has unclear buttons & unselectable text

[Kieran O'Neill]

Note: if the plan is just to change the dialog wording, could I suggest
adding the following:

"Clicking on "partial upgrade" will attempt to perform a distribution
upgrade. Do not click this button if you are currently running an LTS
distribution and do not wish to upgrade to a non-LTS distribution, as it
will cause update-manager to perform such an upgrade in spite of
settings in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades. If you wish to simply
update those packages which did not have errors, click "Close" and then
click "Update Packages"."

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Title:
  "Not all updates can be installed" dialog has unclear buttons &
  unselectable text

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The button labels are not clear.

  "Partial Upgrade" begins an upgrade
  In old versions: "Close" -- does this mean close the dialog, or close the app? (ie, give up completely)
  In Raring: "Continue" -- (from bug 1137144) Reading that message, "Partial Upgrade" and "Continue" are the same thing. There is no "Cancel" to backout. I'm stuck unless I just close the dialog.

  
  The deeper problem is that I don't understand why this dialog appears. The model of Software Update as I understand it is that the user can pick which updates they want. When faced by this dialog, I am confused about how I say "no, I only want to pick SOME packages to update).

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