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

[Lin Manfu]

I was also confused by this change in behaviour, even though I knew
about Phased Updates. I don't often update with apt now and had just
forgotten about them.

I support the solution of listing phased updates separately.

I do not think the translation issue should hold this back. If apt has
not internationalisation capability, then presumably other apt text such
as "The following packages were automatically installed and are no
longer required:" is not translated. Nor is the "News about significant
security updates..." message is not translated either (and that contains
a joke about Reddit, which is even more likely to confuse non-English
speakers). And many non-English speakers will be very familiar with the
process of copying a message they don't fully understand into a search
engine to get more information and/or translation (maybe not an option
for server users but we can expected them to use man apt).

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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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