[Bug 1789769] Re: when upgrading software updater should not ask questions for which the user has insufficent knowledge to decide

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  when upgrading software updater should not ask questions  for which
  the user has insufficent knowledge to decide

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I believe it is reasonable to assume that Software Updater is capable
  of ascertaining *before* starting the upgrade whether there are any
  questions that need answers in order for the upgrade to proceed.
  Surely is *not* reasonable to expect every user to be knowledgeable
  about all details of the system.  As a case in point, when upgrading
  from 16.04 to 18.04, I was asked to choose between Gnome3 and Lightdm
  when I had never even heard of either before.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Aug 30 11:32:14 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-13 (259 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-28 (1 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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