[Bug 2132284] [NEW] improve do-release-upgrade --help

[Andrei Cherniaev]

Public bug reported:

Feature request.
1) In '--help' add then "do-release-upgrade" is from "ubuntu-release-upgrader" package. Without this information it is no easy to get more info about "do-release-upgrade", for example, I spend some time to find packet name (to get source code)...
2) "-f FRONTEND, --frontend=FRONTEND Run the specified frontend" This is useless description. At least "DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive" option should be described... And I am not sure that "specified frontend" is good English, perhaps, "specified front-end"?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.10.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-6.6-generic 6.17.1
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Nov 24 16:30:38 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-19 (462 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-11-19 (5 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade questing wayland-session

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Title:
  improve do-release-upgrade --help

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

Bug description:
  Feature request.
  1) In '--help' add then "do-release-upgrade" is from "ubuntu-release-upgrader" package. Without this information it is no easy to get more info about "do-release-upgrade", for example, I spend some time to find packet name (to get source code)...
  2) "-f FRONTEND, --frontend=FRONTEND Run the specified frontend" This is useless description. At least "DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive" option should be described... And I am not sure that "specified frontend" is good English, perhaps, "specified front-end"?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.10.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-6.6-generic 6.17.1
  Uname: Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Nov 24 16:30:38 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-19 (462 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-11-19 (5 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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