Comment 2 for bug 567539

Nikhil Sinha,
Thank you for responding to my bug report and for the explanation.

George Bourrie
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> "Mark All Upgrades" should be present in synaptic and should not be removed. It is
> present in Ubuntu 10.04.
> mintupdate - many times doesn't work well and has it own problems and bugs.
> "Synaptic" is far stable than "mintupdate".
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> Bad info in Help file re updating
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567539
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> Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> I tried to use the Synaptic Package Manager but it was not obvious how to do an update.
> When I checked the Help, it gave the following directions:
> 1) Reload Package Information and
> 2) Mark all possible upgrades:
> * Click on Mark all Upgrades in the toolbar.
> * Choose Edit&#9656; Mark all Upgrades from the menu.
> * Press the key combination Ctrl+G.
> The "Mark all Upgrades" choice does not appear in the toolbar, nor under Edit. Ctrl+G
> seems to be ignored.
>
> When I contacted Linux Mint, Mr. Lefebvre replied:
> "It was removed in Linux Mint. Some updates are considered risky. Linux
> Mint applies a safety level (from 1 to 5) to each package update and by
> default you're only recommended to upgrade updates with a level from 1
> to 3. The Update Manager (the lock icon on the bottom right hand corner
> of your screen) is aware of these levels, Synaptic isn't.
> Experienced users looking for a quick way to upgrade "everything" can do
> so using the command line. We wanted to remove the graphical feature in
> Synaptic to prevent novice users from breaking their system."
>
> This is understandable, but the Help file should reflect the fact that Synaptic Manager
> is no longer functional and that using the Update Manager is the way to accomplish
> updates.
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