[Bug 1818433] Re: 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

[Jeb E.]

** Tags added: endoflife enterprise server

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubuntu-release-upgrader in
Ubuntu.
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

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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.

  -----
  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).

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1818433/+subscriptions