These days Update Manager displays only short descriptions of packages to be upgraded - the only way I can find out the actual package names is by looking in the "Technical description" area below. The summary_before_name GSettings key apparently no longer has any effect.
That might be OK for casual users (although Graham gives a good argument above that these descriptions aren't terribly useful for them either). But a serious user would really like to see the actual package names. I think there should be a preference, command-line parameter or GSettings key which causes Update Manager to show actual package names in the main list (possibly with descriptions too). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655998 Title: Update Manager Listing should NOT use descriptions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/655998/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
