** Summary changed: - confused terminology update/upgrade + Confusing terminology when performing update/upgrade.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: update-manager ---- Summary: For the benefit of newer users use the word "Update" to update/upgrade already installed packages. Use "Upgrade" to perform a system upgrade to the next Ubuntu release. ---- - - Ubuntu 10.04 offers UPDATES which are changes within 10.04, and distribution UPGRADES, which would be the conversion of 10.04 to 10.10, for example. However, due to a confusion of terminology, 10.04 is offering UPGRADES which are in fact UPDATES. I have just run update-manager on my wife's machine to perform an UPDATE. However, it was described by the software as an UPGRADE. It was therefore unclear whether it was improving 10.04 or converting 10.04 to 10.10. After the UPDATE/ UPGRADE, 10.04 was still on the machine (fortunately, as this is what I wanted), so it was in fact an UPDATE. + Ubuntu 10.04 offers UPDATES which are changes within 10.04, and + distribution UPGRADES, which would be the conversion of 10.04 to 10.10, + for example. However, due to a confusion of terminology, 10.04 is + offering UPGRADES which are in fact UPDATES. I have just run update- + manager on my wife's machine to perform an UPDATE. However, it was + described by the software as an UPGRADE. It was therefore unclear + whether it was improving 10.04 or converting 10.04 to 10.10. After the + UPDATE/ UPGRADE, 10.04 was still on the machine (fortunately, as this is + what I wanted), so it was in fact an UPDATE. On the assumption that this issue remains in future versions, please clarify in the code the use of the terms, and restrict the term UPGRADE to transitions between version numbers, and use UPDATES for within a version number. Then non-geek users that really only want Ubuntu to just work, and don't want to launch major system upgrades by mistake when they would prefer to stay with the 10.04 LTS version, with all the implications for production usage, won't be concerned or confused. thanks. ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 12 20:47:17 2011InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: update-manager ** Description changed: Binary package hint: update-manager ---- - Summary: For the benefit of newer users use the word "Update" to update/upgrade already installed packages. Use "Upgrade" to perform a system upgrade to the next Ubuntu release. + Summary: For the benefit of newer users, use the word "Update" to update/upgrade already installed packages. Use "Upgrade" to perform a system upgrade to the next Ubuntu release. ---- Ubuntu 10.04 offers UPDATES which are changes within 10.04, and distribution UPGRADES, which would be the conversion of 10.04 to 10.10, for example. However, due to a confusion of terminology, 10.04 is offering UPGRADES which are in fact UPDATES. I have just run update- manager on my wife's machine to perform an UPDATE. However, it was described by the software as an UPGRADE. It was therefore unclear whether it was improving 10.04 or converting 10.04 to 10.10. After the UPDATE/ UPGRADE, 10.04 was still on the machine (fortunately, as this is what I wanted), so it was in fact an UPDATE. On the assumption that this issue remains in future versions, please clarify in the code the use of the terms, and restrict the term UPGRADE to transitions between version numbers, and use UPDATES for within a version number. Then non-geek users that really only want Ubuntu to just work, and don't want to launch major system upgrades by mistake when they would prefer to stay with the 10.04 LTS version, with all the implications for production usage, won't be concerned or confused. thanks. ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 12 20:47:17 2011InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: update-manager -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734026 Title: Confusing terminology when performing update/upgrade. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
