software-properties-gtk should have --disable-component to disable specified component of the distro's repositories

Bug #1808674 reported by Norbert
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software-properties (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

software-properties-gtk already has

  -e ENABLE_COMPONENT, --enable-component=ENABLE_COMPONENT
                        Enable the specified component of the distro's
                        repositories

but do not have option to disable specified component of the distro's repositories.

Consider to add such functionality.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.96.20.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Dec 16 13:09:39 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-07 (130 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: focal hirsute impish
removed: cosmic distro trusty
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: jammy
removed: xenial
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