[Bug 1461253] [NEW] dist-upgrade overwrites ppa comments

[Andreas E.]

Public bug reported:

Since PPAs often have cryptic urls (or the ppa/user name gives no
obvious hint about the purpose), one can add a comment to each ppa via
'Applications & Updates → Other Software → Edit → Comment'. This comment
or label is then usually highlighted in bold font in the list and makes
it easier to grasp for what package the PPA was added.

When upgrading the distribution, Ubuntu not only deactivates the active
PPAs, but also replaces the entire comment by "disabled on upgrade to
vivid". This is a loss of user data, and makes it really hard to
distinguish PPAs, restore the comments or understand why packages are
mysteriously missing or not updated.

version: Ubuntu 15.04

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  dist-upgrade overwrites ppa comments

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since PPAs often have cryptic urls (or the ppa/user name gives no
  obvious hint about the purpose), one can add a comment to each ppa via
  'Applications & Updates → Other Software → Edit → Comment'. This
  comment or label is then usually highlighted in bold font in the list
  and makes it easier to grasp for what package the PPA was added.

  When upgrading the distribution, Ubuntu not only deactivates the
  active PPAs, but also replaces the entire comment by "disabled on
  upgrade to vivid". This is a loss of user data, and makes it really
  hard to distinguish PPAs, restore the comments or understand why
  packages are mysteriously missing or not updated.

  version: Ubuntu 15.04

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