[Bug 293732] Re: Software sources shouldn't provide proposed repositories

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 254584 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254584

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 152335
   Remove -proposed checkbox in Updates, or warn of 'not stable' updates
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 254584
   Too easy to activate the proposed repository

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293732

Title:
  Software sources shouldn't provide proposed repositories

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

Bug description:
  Like the title says, enabling them is made too easy for basic users.
  Most use cases, basic users has no use for updates provided through proposed.

  Since many new users (and many experienced users as well) don't know what is provided through proposed
  Info provided by https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuUpdates isn't enough to "scare" users.
  "Enabling the proposed updates repository can break your system. It is not recommended for inexperienced users."
  Since experienced users can find a way to enable them, that doesn't mean that everyone should be able to do so by few clicks.
  Maybe just a entry commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list ?
  But no visible menu entry in software sources ?
  Direction ubuntu is trying to achieve by minimizing time to spend on "hacking" system to make it work.
  Is this a opportunity to make a small improvement?

  At least many posts made in Finnish local Ubuntu-forums, problems are traced back to proposed packages.
  I'll suspect this is a case in all local Ubuntu-forums? But for this reason alone, enabling them shouldn't be made so easy.
  Problems caused by proposed repositories, isn't good advertising to anyone.
  Most times users weren't aware of chance that system might go haywire.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/293732/+subscriptions