[Bug 1173208] Re: Can automatically download security but not other updates

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Design spec updated.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates?action=diff&rev2=118&rev1=117>

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Triaged

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

** Description changed:

  software-properties-gtk 0.92.17, Ubuntu 13.04
  
  1. In the "Updates" tab, open the "When there are security updates" menu.
  2. Open the "When there are other updates" menu.
  
  What you see:
  1. There's an option to download security updates automatically.
  2. There's no option to download non-security updates automatically.
  
  What you should see:
  2. An option to download non-security updates automatically.
  
  Bug 370795 shows that this option used to exist.
  
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#settings>: "The “Download
+ updates automatically:” menu should contain options for “None”,
+ “Security updates”, and “All updates”."
+ 
  [Originally suggested by Dmitrijs Ledkovs in bug 723826.]

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Title:
  Can automatically download security but not other updates

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

Bug description:
  software-properties-gtk 0.92.17, Ubuntu 13.04

  1. In the "Updates" tab, open the "When there are security updates" menu.
  2. Open the "When there are other updates" menu.

  What you see:
  1. There's an option to download security updates automatically.
  2. There's no option to download non-security updates automatically.

  What you should see:
  2. An option to download non-security updates automatically.

  Bug 370795 shows that this option used to exist.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#settings>: "The “Download
  updates automatically:” menu should contain options for “None”,
  “Security updates”, and “All updates”."

  [Originally suggested by Dmitrijs Ledkovs in bug 723826.]

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