** Description changed:

  Impact
  ------
  do-release-upgrade will allow people to upgrade to a new release of Ubuntu 
even if they have outstanding updates to install or need to reboot from a libc6 
upgrade. This behavior is different than that of update-manager which forces 
you to install all updates or reboot before upgrading. Additionally, this 
specifically allows users to upgrade without receiving fixes that would improve 
the upgrade process e.g. bug 1780996.
  
  Test Case for missing updates
  -----------------------------
  1) Install Ubuntu 18.04 and don't install updates.
  2) Modify /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades so Prompt=normal
  3) Run 'do-release-upgrade -d'
  
  With the current version of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core you'll be able
  to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10, with the version from -proposed you'll
  receive a message saying "Please install all available updates for your
  release before upgrading."
  
  Test Case for libc6 update
  --------------------------
  1) Install Ubuntu 18.04
  2) Modify /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades so Prompt=normal
  3) Run 'sudo apt-get install --reinstall libc6'
  4) Run 'do-release-upgrade -d'
  
  With the current version of ubuntu-release-upgrader-core you'll be able
  to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.10, with the version from -proposed you'll
  receive a message saying "You have not rebooted after a previous libc6
  update. Please reboot before upgrading."
  
  Regression Potential
  --------------------
- The strings are not translated but that seems better than people having a bad 
outcome when upgrading.
+ The strings are not translated but that seems better than people having a bad 
outcome when upgrading. It's also worth noting that 
+ /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd calls 
/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release to write a stamp file which 
contains information about the availability of a release upgrade. The behavior 
of check-new-release should be the same i.e. it should say a new release is 
available and not mention the need to install updates or reboot. This can be 
tested by running '/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release -qcd'. 
The output should contain "New release ... available ... use 
do-release-upgrade".

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  do-release-upgrade should block release upgrades in some circumstances

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