> We can't really store reasons for why something is kept back. How about:
When something is scored down because it is not phased, make a note. When the scoring is all done, take the list of held back packages, and identify all those that have a note against them. Then print (up to) two lists: The following packages are being phased and have been kept back: ... The following [additional] packages have been kept back: ... (use two translatable strings for the second message, adding "additional" if the first list was non-zero). Of course the exact strings can be adjusted, but I hope you see my point in fixing the "we don't know what final reason is because the different scoring adjustments get conflated" problem. > And if we managed to do that, we'd end up with an untranslated line in the middle of the output for every non-English locale until it's translated and apt updated (it does not use language packs). We should certainly be able to fix this in the development release and get translations in the usual way. For SRU, we could wait for translations, or not, but no need to block on a fix in the development release for this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988819 Title: When apt keeps back packages due to phased updates, it should say so Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1988819/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
