[Bug 281232] Re: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases
Acknowledge. We need to identify a key package and see whether it changes suites compared to the os-release. Usually that's base-files on Debian. I'll add this to my apt 3.0 UX improvements list. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Triaged ** Tags added: foundations-todo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281232 Title: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/281232/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 281232] Re: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases
I'd like to reopen this issue. 16 years later, there are still plenty of *informed* users who change their sources.list, run a dist-upgrade to upgrade the release, and break their system. They then come to the desktop team asking for help to rescue their broken system. Even if we don't block them completely, apt should display a bit fat warning informing the users that what they are going to do is definitely not recommended, are they sure they want to proceed with the dist- upgrade. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281232 Title: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/281232/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 281232] Re: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases
apt-get is a low-level tool. The people who use it should know what they do. Normal Ubuntu users do not even reach the point where they'd do an apt-get dist-upgrade, so I don't see a problem here. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281232 Title: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 281232] Re: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases
How would the upgrade from one release to the next be best checked? Probably by checking the lsb release codename versus the distribution field in sources.list. This might conflict with users of mirrors that might have renamed that field. So the check needs to be configurable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281232 Title: apt-get dist-upgrade shouldn't run when asked to upgrade between two releases -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
