the tool list the changes which are going to be applied, if you use a distribution being worked like feisty you should have a look on what the upgrade is going to do before accepting it, not a bug from the distribution, some packages were not installable due to a python transition, you should reinstall ubuntu-desktop to get GNOME working again
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- update makes gnome unable to work !!! https://launchpad.net/bugs/78970 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs