Public bug reported:
With Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS approaching EOL (End-of-Life) very soon in April 2019,
any users still on the 14.04.xx LTS release(s) are going to be given a choice
to either upgrade along the standard upgrade ring (to the next chronological
LTS release or to the next standard Ubuntu release, and so forth) or lose
update support from Canonical.
This bug is not to present that current upgrade philosophy as a problem, but
rather to offer users more choice -- power -- on top of what current upgrade
channels and philosophies are currently offering.
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My bug goes as such...
Problem: Users still on the 14.04.xx LTS release(s) are not given choice
to upgrade to a newer LTS release than 16.04.xx LTS or standard release
than 14.10.xx unless upgraded in a step-ladder fashion using the tools
provided on each release, per-each release.
Solution: Offer upgrade presets to latest Ubuntu releases (16.04.xx LTS,
18.04.xx LTS, and 18.10) to Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS users before 14.04.xx
LTS EOL date.**
**If it is not possible to upgrade from the user's current release
(14.04.xx LTS in this case) to the release of choice (let's use 18.10 in
this case) in one step, the upgrade tool could trigger an automated BASH
chain to upgrade the system in a step-ladder approach between restarts
(not unlike how Windows 10 upgrades it's OS).
** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: 64 apt dist-upgrade eol lts update upgrade x86
** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Description changed:
With Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS approaching EOL (End-of-Life) very soon in April
2019, any users still on the 14.04.xx LTS release(s) are going to be given a
choice to either upgrade along the standard upgrade ring (to the next
chronological LTS release or to the next standard Ubuntu release, and so forth)
or lose update support from Canonical.
This bug is not to present that current upgrade philosophy as a problem, but
rather to offer users more choice -- power -- on top of what current upgrade
channels and philosophies are currently offering.
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My bug goes as such...
Problem: Users still on the 14.04.xx LTS release(s) are not given choice
to upgrade to a newer LTS release than 16.04.xx LTS or standard release
than 14.10.xx unless upgraded in a step-ladder fashion using the tools
provided on each release, per-each release.
Solution: Offer upgrade presets to latest Ubuntu releases (16.04.xx LTS,
18.04.xx LTS, and 18.10) to Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS users before 14.04.xx
- LTS EOL date. If it is not possible to upgrade from the user's current
- release (14.04.xx LTS in this case) to the release of choice (let's use
- 18.10 in this case) in one step, the upgrade tool could trigger an
- automated BASH chain to upgrade the system in a step-ladder approach
- between restarts (not unlike how Windows 10 upgrades it's OS).
+ LTS EOL date.**
+
+ **If it is not possible to upgrade from the user's current release
+ (14.04.xx LTS in this case) to the release of choice (let's use 18.10 in
+ this case) in one step, the upgrade tool could trigger an automated BASH
+ chain to upgrade the system in a step-ladder approach between restarts
+ (not unlike how Windows 10 upgrades it's OS).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1818433
Title:
Offer upgrade presets to latest Ubuntu releases (16.04.xx LTS,
18.04.xx LTS, and 18.10) to Ubuntu 14.04.xx LTS users before 14.04.xx
LTS EOL date
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