23.04 to 23.10 do-release-upgrade failure

[J. Le Clerc]

Error message :
"Impossible d'évaluer la mise à niveau
Un problème insoluble est survenu lors du calcul de la mise à niveau."

/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log is complaining about ubuntu_desktop package dependencies

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:23.04.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-36.37-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Nov 11 10:36:34 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-01 (2200 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-11-10 (0 days ago)