[Bug 1700829] [NEW] -d switch doesn't accurately describe itself

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

The -d switch for update-manager is documented as 'Check if upgrading to
the latest devel release is possible'.  This implies that no matter what
release you are running the -d switch check if you can upgrade to the
devel release (Artful right now) however, this isn't actually what the
-d switch does. Right now the -d switch will take you to the next
unsupported release of Ubuntu, so in a few weeks will upgrade you from X
to Y (since its unsupported). That's not really what we ant either.

The -d switch will be changed so that it only upgrades you to the
development release of Ubuntu if you are running the release immediately
before the development release. So right now it would only work from
Zesty to Artful.

The help documentation for -d needs to be changed to reflect what it
actually does.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Brian Murray (brian-murray)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu Artful)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Brian Murray (brian-murray)
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: artful xenial zesty

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Title:
  -d switch doesn't accurately describe itself

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in update-manager source package in Artful:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The -d switch for update-manager is documented as 'Check if upgrading
  to the latest devel release is possible'.  This implies that no matter
  what release you are running the -d switch check if you can upgrade to
  the devel release (Artful right now) however, this isn't actually what
  the -d switch does. Right now the -d switch will take you to the next
  unsupported release of Ubuntu, so in a few weeks will upgrade you from
  X to Y (since its unsupported). That's not really what we ant either.

  The -d switch will be changed so that it only upgrades you to the
  development release of Ubuntu if you are running the release
  immediately before the development release. So right now it would only
  work from Zesty to Artful.

  The help documentation for -d needs to be changed to reflect what it
  actually does.

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