Public bug reported: There seem to be many mysteries about the process of release upgrading, which the official documentation should clear up. Is do-release-upgrade ok for desktops? http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades are quiet on this matter. Why is do-release-upgrade a separate, singular command, instead of being integrated with apt-get, aptitude, etc? It doesn't have a man page, which adds to the mystery. Where are users expected to find out documentation about it?
I do all my package management from the terminal, and would like to do the same for release upgrade. It can be done in a screen session, it can be easily done over ssh, it is not affected by X freezes/restarts, etc. Besides, it feels weird that a GUI is _required_ for upgrading a desktop system. Is it? The documentation is quiet on this matter too. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UpdateManagerFaq mentions some interesting stuff. Some of that should be explained properly in the official documentation, including the mysterious references to a "release upgrader". Suggestions: 1) The documentation should explain various aspects of the release upgrade process, including how desktops and servers are different (or how they are not). 2) Release upgrading should be integrated into the existing apt tools, with graphical and text interfaces. "aptitude release-upgrade", perhaps? ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Streamline release upgrades, text mode upgrading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
