[Bug 1887993] [NEW] packages confirmation dialog unnecessarily tall

[Tommy Trussell]

Public bug reported:

Every time I upgrade to a new release of ubuntu on this netbook (screen
size 1024x600) the upgrader churns away collecting its information and
then when it presents the dialog with the packages to remove, not
upgradeable, and packages to upgrade.

UNFORTUNATELY the buttons at the bottom of the dialog are not visible
because there's WAY too much empty space in the dialog. I have to know
to alt-drag the dialog up to get to the buttons. The dialog gets even
bigger when I open the right-triangles to look at the lists, and does
not shrink when I collapse the lists again. I would hope the dialog
could better handle a short netbook screen.

I don't remember at the moment but I believe I have also seen this same
issue on my "ordinary" sized laptop screen, but the buttons on the
dialog start out at a good size but the dialog gets too tall after
opening the lists as described above. The dialog does not shrink itself
to fit the screen.

I just ran ubuntu-bug while upgrading xubuntu from 19.10 to 20.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:19.10.15.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-62.56-generic 5.3.18
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-62-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.9
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jul 17 12:27:06 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-14 (703 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-07-17 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade eoan third-party-packages

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Title:
  packages confirmation dialog unnecessarily tall

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

Bug description:
  Every time I upgrade to a new release of ubuntu on this netbook
  (screen size 1024x600) the upgrader churns away collecting its
  information and then when it presents the dialog with the packages to
  remove, not upgradeable, and packages to upgrade.

  UNFORTUNATELY the buttons at the bottom of the dialog are not visible
  because there's WAY too much empty space in the dialog. I have to know
  to alt-drag the dialog up to get to the buttons. The dialog gets even
  bigger when I open the right-triangles to look at the lists, and does
  not shrink when I collapse the lists again. I would hope the dialog
  could better handle a short netbook screen.

  I don't remember at the moment but I believe I have also seen this
  same issue on my "ordinary" sized laptop screen, but the buttons on
  the dialog start out at a good size but the dialog gets too tall after
  opening the lists as described above. The dialog does not shrink
  itself to fit the screen.

  I just ran ubuntu-bug while upgrading xubuntu from 19.10 to 20.04.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:19.10.15.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-62.56-generic 5.3.18
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-62-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Jul 17 12:27:06 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-14 (703 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-07-17 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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