Offer upgrade presets to latest Ubuntu releases (16.04.xx LTS, 18.04.xx LTS, and 18.10) to Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS users before 14.04.xx LTS EOL date

Bug #1818433 reported by Jeb E.
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

With Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS approaching EOL (End-of-Life) very soon in April 2019, any users still on the 14.04.xx LTS release(s) are going to be given a choice to either upgrade along the standard upgrade ring (to the next chronological LTS release or to the next standard Ubuntu release, and so forth) or lose update support from Canonical.
This bug is not to present that current upgrade philosophy as a problem, but rather to offer users more choice -- power -- on top of what current upgrade channels and philosophies are currently offering.

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My bug goes as such...

Problem: Users still on the 14.04.xx LTS release(s) are not given choice to upgrade to a newer LTS release than 16.04.xx LTS or standard release than 14.10.xx unless upgraded in a step-ladder fashion using the tools provided on each release, per-each release.

Solution: Offer upgrade presets to latest Ubuntu releases (16.04.xx LTS, 18.04.xx LTS, and 18.10) to Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS users before 14.04.xx LTS EOL date.**

**If it is not possible to upgrade from the user's current release (14.04.xx LTS in this case) to the release of choice (let's use 18.10 in this case) in one step, the upgrade tool could trigger an automated BASH chain to upgrade the system in a step-ladder approach between restarts (not unlike how Windows 10 upgrades it's OS).

Jeb E. (jebeld17)
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
description: updated
Jeb E. (jebeld17)
tags: added: endoflife enterprise server
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Jeb E. (jebeld17) wrote :

Any news if this is going to be implemented?

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