At least part of the problem here is that the ubuntu-release-upgrader has no support for the ubuntukylin-desktop meta package.
From main.log:
2016-10-12 18:48:07,325 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 75232
2016-10-12 18:48:07,326 DEBUG need_server_mode(): can not find a desktop meta package or key deps, running in server mode
2016-10-12 18:48:07,326 DEBUG checkViewDepends()
And from ubuntu-release-upgrader's DistUpgrade.cfg.trusty:
10 # Distro contains global information about the upgrade
11 [Distro]
12 # the meta-pkgs we support
13 MetaPkgs=ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core,
14 xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop,
15 kubuntu-netbook, lubuntu-core, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop,
16 ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop, ubuntu-mate-desktop
At least part of the problem here is that the ubuntu- release- upgrader has no support for the ubuntukylin-desktop meta package.
From main.log:
2016-10-12 18:48:07,325 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 75232
2016-10-12 18:48:07,326 DEBUG need_server_mode(): can not find a desktop meta package or key deps, running in server mode
2016-10-12 18:48:07,326 DEBUG checkViewDepends()
And from ubuntu- release- upgrader' s DistUpgrade. cfg.trusty:
10 # Distro contains global information about the upgrade ubuntu- desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, gnome-desktop, mate-cloudtop, ubuntu-mate-desktop
11 [Distro]
12 # the meta-pkgs we support
13 MetaPkgs=
14 xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-
15 kubuntu-netbook, lubuntu-core, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-
16 ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-