Comment 5 for bug 1602066

Trying to filter through this *very* long list of links:

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234260
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234813
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234729
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2235159
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2236081

These all show an error message that makes no sense ("Depends: $pkg (= $version) but $version is to be installed"). Doesn't seem related to hwe eol in any way. Must be a bug in the package manager in 12.04, which is unlikely to recur in the same form and so doesn't warrant a test for this specifically.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234815

This shows an error trying to install the trusty hwe stack on a system that had the quantal stack installed. I would argue this should be an automated test rather than a manual one...

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234830

Possibly video-hardware-specific; it is not guaranteed that all hardware will be supported after switching HWE stacks.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234693

This shows the 'apt-get' command included in the hwe-support-status output doesn't work. Should also be an automated test.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234922

User reinstalled without root-causing the failure, so not testable.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2235287

"can't log in after update" - not directly related to the hwe package upgrades; not testable.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2235698

ubuntu-desktop reported removed. Yes this should be tested (although the submitter refers to a "partial upgrade", which is not what should happen normally).

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2235843

Likely another case of packages being removed incorrectly on upgrade; without more details, not really actionable.

> http://askubuntu.com/questions/493541/hardware-enablement-stack-hwe-out-of-support
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1328264

This is interesting, it suggests our upgrade instructions may need modification for the multiarch case...

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2236096

It is not guaranteed that all hardware will be supported after switching HWE stacks.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2235113

Unclear to me that this is related to HWE EOL; if it is, probably a duplicate of another thread by the same poster.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2236129

Complaint about specific hardware not functioning the same with drivers in the new kernel. Not testable, not fixable in the general case.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2236584

Says the nvidia driver was removed on upgrade. Should be testable.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2237132

Insufficient information to know what this was; probably covered by one of the above cases.

> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2237277

Probably a repeat of the nvidia driver problem.