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update-manager package

  1. Bug #189406
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 189406

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Roman Polach (rpolach) wrote : Re: [Hardy] Update Manager doesn't display package versions anymore

May I ask what is problem with displaying version information in update manager?
Does anyone believe that is "confusing some users"?
Does anyone know about some user that feels confusing that software packages has version numbers?

What about newbie user, which *want* to know the version of package being updated?
You recommend to him use synaptic or gconf-editor? If you care of newbie users, you should enable
displaying versions back in update manager. Also if you care of advanced users - at least their comfort
using their desktop - you should enable displaying versions in update manager.

Please let me repeat: Displaying version numbers does help all users, mostly the newbie ones.
And it hurts nobody.