[Bug 152335] Re: Remove -proposed checkbox in Updates, or warn of 'not stable' updates

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 254584
   Too easy to activate the proposed repository

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Title:
  Remove -proposed checkbox in Updates, or warn of 'not stable' updates

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

Bug description:
  Today, I've seen a lot of people complaining because of a broken
  subversion. All of them were using Feisty, and all of them had the
  -proposed repository enabled. However, they should have had it
  disabled, since they don't know that repository is for testing
  software.

  Because of that, I believe the -proposed repository shouldn't appear
  in the Updates tab. If a user wants to enable it, it's because he
  knows what it is for, and he knows the system to go to his
  sources.list and enable it.

  However, if an end user who doesn't know the repositories well goes to
  software-properties-gtk, he should be able to activate -security
  updates, and -updates, but not -proposed. Since some updates to
  -proposed will be broken, and in case they are Ok, they will get them
  via -updates a bit later.

  So I think the -proposed checkbox should be removed. Or if it isn't,
  at least a warning should be prompt when users enable it.

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