Do not offer an upgrade from i386 systems
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Focal |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Brian Murray |
Bug Description
Impact
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Ubuntu 18.04 users on a system with a host architecture of i386 will be offered to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 only to later be told by ubuntu-
Test Case
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1) On an 18.04 i386 system set Prompt=lts in /etc/update-
2) run update-manager -d
3) observe a notification about a new release of ubuntu and see the release announcement
4) start the upgrade and observe a dialog telling you that you system can't upgrade
5) wonder why you wasted so much time trying to upgrade
With the version of update-manager in -proposed you will instead be immediately presented with a dialog that says "Sorry, there are no more upgrades for this system".
Regression Potential
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While not strictly speaking a regression this dialog is not translated but we think it is better that be notified that there are no upgrades rather than being lead to believe that they can upgrade only to be told no.
Original Description
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Given that there will not be a full set of i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and that it will not be possible to upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10 it'd be best if the new release dialog were not displayed for systems with an apt architecture of i386. The message should indicate how long they will continue to receive updates for and present information about reinstalling using amd64 (if that's possible). These changes will need to SRU'ed to both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 19.04.
Related branches
- Dave Jones (community): Approve
- Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 80 lines (+29/-1)3 files modifiedUpdateManager/Dialogs.py (+16/-0)
UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py (+6/-1)
debian/changelog (+7/-0)
tags: | added: id-5d8e3e863fa74665c1f0b314 |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray) |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
One way to present this information would be to create a new class of Dialog in UpdateManager/ Dialogs. py which is raised, from UpdateManager/ UpdateManager. py, if the apt architecture is i386.