Upgrade instructions only describe upgrading from the last release before the current
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Website - OBSOLETE |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Anthony Dillon | ||
Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When Update Manager from Ubuntu shows the EOL dialog, it has a button with upgrade instructions, pointing to http://
This is a problem, because
* the user might have arrived here from the EOL warning dialog of update-manager, in which case he DOES not have Natty, so he can't follow the instructions
* even users just browsing the site for Upgrade instructions with e.g. LTS releases like Lucid might want to Upgrade, but they can not find instructions specific to their own ubuntu version.
Expected result would be to have multiple Upgrade instructions available on the http://
Hi Robert,
Ubuntu.com's upgrade instructions page only details upgrading from the last release to the latest. But the steps to upgrade are the same for the last few releases. Therefore the user can follow the steps from any recent EOL version with the given guide.
Thank you,
Ant.