[Bug 1242749] Re: Synaptic and terminal showing upgradable packages but nothing in software updater

2013-10-24 Thread Brian Murray
I think this would cause more confusion for the majority of people who only use update manager to install updates. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242749 Title: Synaptic and terminal

[Bug 1242749] Re: Synaptic and terminal showing upgradable packages but nothing in software updater

2013-10-24 Thread philinux
Brian, Thanks for the explanation in the link. I had known about phased updates but exactly sure of the precise mechanism. Although the bug is marked correctly as wont fix would it not be helpful for update-manager to display a short message regarding this? As opposed to just saying "system up to

[Bug 1242749] Re: Synaptic and terminal showing upgradable packages but nothing in software updater

2013-10-23 Thread Brian Murray
This is deliberate as these packages are undergoing a phased update and update-manager has chosen not to install them for you, while apt and synaptic will. You can learn a bit more about the phasing of stable release updates at http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=127. Things are behaving as they a

[Bug 1242749] Re: Synaptic and terminal showing upgradable packages but nothing in software updater

2013-10-23 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242749 Titl