A warning is definitely needed. In the English language version, as well as in German, "proposed" sounds like "newer" packages. A new user who's opened software sources to enable -updates or even -backports is very likely to enable -proposed as well without knowing that it's for testing software.
I suggest a popup warning, or a hover-text warning at least. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:34 AM, d4yw41k3r <christian.drew...@gmail.com>wrote: > I agree, Thorsten. Sources shouldn't be removed, but I think a warning sign > is badly needed. > Gruß Christian > > -- > Remove -proposed checkbox in Updates, or warn of 'not stable' updates > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152335 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Today, I've seen a lot of people complaining because of a broken > subversion. All of them were using Feisty, and all of them had the -proposed > repository enabled. However, they should have had it disabled, since they > don't know that repository is for testing software. > > Because of that, I believe the -proposed repository shouldn't appear in the > Updates tab. If a user wants to enable it, it's because he knows what it is > for, and he knows the system to go to his sources.list and enable it. > > However, if an end user who doesn't know the repositories well goes to > software-properties-gtk, he should be able to activate -security updates, > and -updates, but not -proposed. Since some updates to -proposed will be > broken, and in case they are Ok, they will get them via -updates a bit > later. > > So I think the -proposed checkbox should be removed. Or if it isn't, at > least a warning should be prompt when users enable it. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/152335/+subscribe > -- Remove -proposed checkbox in Updates, or warn of 'not stable' updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152335 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
