Comment 6 for bug 32325

I'm on 64bit 9.04.
I want to upgrade to studio.
I just spent 2 hours downloading studio iso.

I don't want to deb the ubuntu upgrade site because that is a waste of time.
I don't want to make a dvd because that is a waste of plastic because I want my great grandchildren not have to suffer further effects of global warming from any extra plastic I use.

I want to deb the ubuntu studio iso.

I tried deb file:///media/disk/ROMs/ubuntustudio-9.10-rc-alternate-amd64.iso and
I tried deb file:////media/disk/ROMs/ubuntustudio-9.10-rc-alternate-amd64.iso and
I tried deb file://media/disk/ROMs/ubuntustudio-9.10-rc-alternate-amd64.iso
appending karmic main restricted at the end.
at add software - third party software.

OK, I'll try the silly idea that may be it would work for my current 9.04 iso.
So I deb my current 9.04 iso using various silly combinations of file://///// (whatever number of slashes just as I had with the 9.10). No it doesn't work.

The response was simply
file://media/disk/ROMs/ubuntustudio-9.10-rc-alternate-amd64.iso/Package not found.

Of course, because there is no such directory Package in any of the ubuntu installation cd iso that I have.

You cannot deb an iso!!!! Period. Full-stop. Why not? Debbing an iso is such a great idea, why not?

Rant: Now I don't trust this person's blog
http://www.zimbio.com/Linux/articles/kEIN6zMahru/Add+iso+software+repository+Ubuntu
because that is what I did above and I feel sore that people should not give advice, that does not work, on the net. Perhaps, it should work, but I don't feel leaving a comment asking why because I would need to register. Why do they make us register? I have registered for too many z*** sites already. For ubuntu i have already registered for three different sites - they should just take open ids and stop making us create logins and passwords to remember. So can someone tell me if this person's method could actually work and how?

OK, I tried another silly idea. I mounted the iso and at
add software - third party software - add cd.
Nope, it does not recognise my mounted iso as a cd.

Why doesn't ubuntu spontaneously recognise it as a cd?
Why doesn't add software sources wizard recognise a mounted point as a software source?

Some advice needed here on how to proceed, besides looking at an existent bug report, before I blow my top off. I want to deb the ubuntu studio iso.

Thanks.