Thanks for the report. Is the current wording really that discouraging? It just warns user that proposed version didn't go through full testing yet and might create issue, which is a fair statement. No objection to change it if design comes with another text though...
** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604705 Title: Don't scare users who want to use propose Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The GUI is intended for use by normal user and enabling proposed can make the system unstable. Despite this, some users want to use early release of packages and the current message discourage them of doing so. It should be reworded to explain clearly that this channel contains early release of packages and not discourage them of using it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: software-properties-gtk 0.96.24.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-30.49-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Jul 20 09:43:11 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-03 (1050 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1604705/+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
