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

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

No, it is not sufficient, it is still lying to the user. Ubuntu 17.10 is
not available. If the next version of Ubuntu does turn out to be called
17.10 (which is highly likely, but not certain), it will become
available in October.

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

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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  following out-of-date instructions.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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