[Bug 1280913] Re: update-manager -d implies that pre-release version is a final release

[Brian Murray]

Running update-manager -d now first displays a dialog saying "However,
Ubuntu 17.10 is now available (you have 17.04)." After you click the
"Upgrade..." button another dialog is displayed which talks about Artful
Aardvark being in development and not to install it on production
systems. Do you think that is sufficient?

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  update-manager -d implies that pre-release version is a final release

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  1. During the alpha/beta period of a release cycle, at a terminal, enter
     update-manager -d

  What happens: Software Updater appears saying something like “New
  Ubuntu release '17.10' is available”. <http://imgur.com/rKy2PsM>

  What should happen: Software Updater should not imply that an
  alpha/beta is a “New Ubuntu release”.

  It’s not necessarily the case that someone using `update-manager -d`
  knows that it’s not *really* a new release, because they might be
  following out-of-date instructions.

  [Discovered by NotJustSomebody in
  <http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1y1y0u/upgrading_from_12044_lts_to_1404_lts_via_the/>.]

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