Interesting discussion. I agree with the original bug report for the
reason of bandwidth and possible hardware breakage. I hate really old
bugs like this which just sit here, so how about I make this into a more
concrete suggestion:

* Update Manager needs a new section with the function of holding 'Deselected 
Updates'
* When run, Update Manager should present the section of previously deselected 
updates at the end of the list
* Previously deselected updates should remain deselected but selectable
* A newer version of a previously deselected package should show up as a new 
preselected update
* When a newer update is available any entries for deselected versions of the 
same software should be removed from Update Manager's list

What do you good people think of that proposal? Does it meet the various
goals? What do we do about making sure users are aware of the security
issues? Is this a workaround for some other problem... like a better way
to distribute security updates to low-bandwidth systems?

** Tags added: ui

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Software Updates - deselected items don't go away
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