[Bug 1280913] Re: update-manager -d implies that pre-release version is a final release

[Thiago Martins]

Hi!

I'm running Saucy Desktop and I am unable to upgrade it to Ubuntu 14.04
Beta using "update-manager -d"...

On Saucy, running as a regular user, "update-manager -d" doesn't show
any option to upgrade to devel branch...

Is that expected, or am I facing this bug too?!

Thanks!
Thiago

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Title:
  update-manager -d implies that pre-release version is a final release

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1. During the alpha/beta period of a release cycle, at a terminal, enter
     update-manager -d

  What happens: Software Updater appears saying something like “New
  Ubuntu release '17.10' is available”. <http://imgur.com/rKy2PsM>

  What should happen: Software Updater should not imply that an
  alpha/beta is a “New Ubuntu release”.

  It’s not necessarily the case that someone using `update-manager -d`
  knows that it’s not *really* a new release, because they might be
  following out-of-date instructions.

  [Discovered by NotJustSomebody in
  <http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1y1y0u/upgrading_from_12044_lts_to_1404_lts_via_the/>.]

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