[Bug 1875522] Re: suggest removing -d requirement to upgrade to new releases

[Brian Murray]

The way the upgrade process currently works is to examine the meta-
release file for the 'Supported' field. In the event that the Supported
is set to 0 then everyone is prompted to upgrade. We don't set it to
Supported yet deliberately so that we can get these enthusiasts to test
the upgrade process for us. Subsequently, while the definition of the
'-d' switch is incorrect for a short period of time I think its best
that the '-d' switch is scary as setting the meta-release file's
'Supported' filed is an indication that we think it is safe to upgrade
for everyone.

I do think the release notes could be better about explaining why the
'-d' switch needs to be used for a short period of time after release
though.

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Title:
  suggest removing -d requirement to upgrade to new releases

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

Bug description:
  Hello, I'd like to suggest that the do-release-upgrade -d command line
  parameter should behave differently than it does.

  At the moment, we aren't promoting focal upgrades to our existing
  bionic and eoan users. This makes sense.

  However, we have many enthusiast users who would like to upgrade, and
  would probably be a good position to help us find and fix bugs in the
  upgrade process.

  These enthusiasts are rightly concerned that do-release-upgrade -d
  will upgrade them to gorilla. They're also wondering if 20.04 is
  actually released, etc.

  The conversations around this point on irc are endless and often.

  So: I'd like to propose that -d is used to upgrade to the devel
  release. And in the weeks or months before we change the meta-release
  files to encourage upgrades to the next release, we allow people to
  upgrade to the next release without resorting to scary-sounding
  command line options.

  Thanks

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