[Bug 1988819] Re: When apt keeps back packages due to phased updates, it should say nothing

[Davison Long]

I for one don't like the idea of hiding the phased update info unless
there is also a flag to show it.  Not showing the info at all just
obscures the issue even more and would lead to a lot of unnecessary
confusion when odd situations might occur.

I also think it would be far better to have a separate non-translated
message for packages held back due to phased updates and then add
translations later.  The current confusion is occurring world-wide; an
English message about in process phased updates is going to provide a
lot more useful info to a non-English speaker than what is happening
now.  Like others have mentioned, I also am a long-time Debian and
Ubuntu user and this issue took WAY longer than it should have for me to
understand what was actually going on since there was absolutely NO
notices or info about phased updates at all in any apt commands or
config files (except for apt policy on a specific package).

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Title:
  When apt keeps back packages due to phased updates, it should say
  nothing

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  After phased updates have been introduced, it may happen that apt
  upgrade shows packages as upgradable but ends up not upgrading them.
  In this case the packages are indicated as being "kept back".

  Unfortunately, the feedback provided about this to the user is not
  very informative. The user sees the packages being kept back and
  thinks something is going wrong on the system.

  When packages are kept back because of phased updates, apt should say
  so e.g., it should say that the upgrade is delayed.

  Incidentally note that aptitude does not respect phased updates.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: apt 2.4.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-47.51-generic 5.15.46
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-47-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Sep  6 10:05:14 2022
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-16 (933 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-06-03 (94 days ago)

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