Public bug reported: A long time ago, around the times of Ubuntu 11.04, I realised that this settings exists in Update Manager: "Notify me of a new ubuntu version", whose default value "For long-term support versions" was preventing me from being notified of new non-LTS versions. So I CHANGED IT and I set it to "For any new version". It worked (I got upgrades for 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04) and I never touched it again.
Now I had been waiting for a few weeks for the new 12.10 version to appear as an option to upgrade, and was wondering how long it would take, until I decided to have a look to that setting, and I found out it had been changed back to "For long-term-support versions". I guess it got changed when I upgraded to 12.04 which IIRC is a LTS version. This should never be changed automatically without prompting the user. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Nov 16 17:09:18 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-17 (183 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz' ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079761 Title: Setting for "Notify me of new ubuntu versions" got changed automagically and silently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1079761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs