Bug#404811: update-manager: Please priorise upgrades when presenting them to the user

[Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña]

Package: update-manager
Version: 0.42.2ubuntu22-7
Priority: wishlist

When update-manager shows updates it does not priorise them in any way. It
would be nice if update-manager would priorise (and colorise) them based on:

- if the package is a security update or not. This is easy for stable
  releases (since it just needs to check if the package comes from
  security.debian.org), for unstable/testing is slightly more complicated, it
  involves checking in the changelog if there are any CVE references (regexp:
  (CVE|CAN)-[\d-]+)) which would mean (in many cases) that the packages
  fixes a security bug.

  Since not all maintainers add CVE references and additiona source would be
  checking the information from
  http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing/
  like 'debsecan' does (code could be borrowed from there, BTW)

- the 'priority' of the package itself. Updates for 'important' or 'required'
  packages are typically more important for the system than other packages
  (such as 'optional' or 'extra')

- the 'priority' of the package changes. This would mean that the
  update-manager would have to download all the changes for the packages in
  advance (before the user selected 'details') but 'high' uploads typically
  mean that the user should install those first.

- the number of 'bugs' fixed in the changelogs.

Even better, users could set (on their preferences) which of those criteria
is more important to them.

Regards

Javier
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