-d switch isn't accurately described
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray |
Bug Description
[Impact]
See the original bug description.
[Test Case]
- for ubuntu-
1) run 'do-release-upgrade --help' and man 'do-release-
2) observe that it says '-d' is to 'Check if upgrading to the latest devel release is possible'
3) install the version of ubuntu-
4) repeat step 1
5) Observe that '-d' is documented as 'If using the latest supported release, upgrade to the development release'
- for update-manager -
Use the same test case as for ubuntu-
[Regression Potential]
None as these are documentation changes and any typos in them will be revealed by the test case. It is worth noting that these are translated strings but it seems better to break translations and be accurate rather than have a translation of something that is incorrect.
[Original Description]
The -d switch for update-manager is documented as 'Check if upgrading to the latest devel release is possible'. This implies that no matter what release you are running the -d switch check if you can upgrade to the devel release (Artful right now) however, this isn't actually what the -d switch does. Right now the -d switch will take you to the next unsupported release of Ubuntu, so in a few weeks will upgrade you from X to Y (since its unsupported). That's not really what we want either.
The -d switch will be changed so that it only upgrades you to the development release of Ubuntu if you are running the release immediately before the development release. So right now it would only work from Zesty to Artful.
The help documentation for -d needs to be changed to reflect what it actually does.
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
summary: |
- -d switch doesn't accurately describe itself + -d switch isn't accurately described |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
description: | updated |
Matthew - Do you have an idea on how we might word what '-d' will now do? Without any outside input I might use something like "Upgrade to the development release of Ubuntu if running the release preceding it". Thanks!