[Bug 1875522] Re: suggest removing -d requirement to upgrade to new releases

[Seth Arnold]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:37:17PM -0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> the upgrade process for us. Subsequently, while the definition of the
> '-d' switch is incorrect for a short period of time I think its best
> that the '-d' switch is scary as setting the meta-release file's
> 'Supported' filed is an indication that we think it is safe to upgrade
> for everyone.

There's different risk levels for different people. I understand the
people who want to upgrade to the new LTS during release week but who want
to make sure they aren't accidentally jumping onto the -devel release.

> I do think the release notes could be better about explaining why the
> '-d' switch needs to be used for a short period of time after release
> though.

Please do give some curl | awk command that would let people know if
do-release-upgrade -d  will move them to the newest release or if it
will move them to the devel release.

I still think we'd be better served by -d meaning devel and nothing else,
and lettinng people who know enough to run the command upgrade without
the fear of upgrading too far.

Thanks

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Title:
  suggest removing -d requirement to upgrade to new releases

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello, I'd like to suggest that the do-release-upgrade -d command line
  parameter should behave differently than it does.

  At the moment, we aren't promoting focal upgrades to our existing
  bionic and eoan users. This makes sense.

  However, we have many enthusiast users who would like to upgrade, and
  would probably be a good position to help us find and fix bugs in the
  upgrade process.

  These enthusiasts are rightly concerned that do-release-upgrade -d
  will upgrade them to gorilla. They're also wondering if 20.04 is
  actually released, etc.

  The conversations around this point on irc are endless and often.

  So: I'd like to propose that -d is used to upgrade to the devel
  release. And in the weeks or months before we change the meta-release
  files to encourage upgrades to the next release, we allow people to
  upgrade to the next release without resorting to scary-sounding
  command line options.

  Thanks

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