[kubuntu-testers] Helping with the Edgy->Feisty upgrade process

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Heya!

I would be of the opinion that there is no point testing dist-upgrades,
until after the majority of the merges/syncs are done, as a lot of them
will change dependancies.

Is there a new kde version being released this cycle?  Presumably kde 4
will be far too late.  Hopefully that means we're only supporting one
version of kde (3.5.5), which might cut down on problems.

I believe there was talk of an update-manager for kubuntu.  I'm not sure
what's happening on that, but that will likely be discussed at UDS.

Sarah Hobbs

Martin B. wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> if you have visited a Ubuntu forum lately or read some blogposts
> (digg's popular:
> http://element14.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/ubuntu-edgy-upgrades-a-disaster-for-many/
> ) you might have noticed that the upgrade process was a lot of pain
> for many users.
> 
> Although negative comments are always more common in forums and in
> blogs than the positive ones (and it's good that so many people use
> (K)ubuntu ), I think we should (the Testing Team) get ready for the
> next release and provide enough upgrade testing so that we'll make
> more people happy about it.
> 
> Although there is little known about Feisty yet, I'd like to get some
> volunteers who will be able to test Edgy->Feisty (and Dapper-> Feisty
> if it will be supported) and report all possible complications. I'll
> also take care of preparing the necessary documentation on the wiki in
> a few days, so don't worry about anything.
> 
> Jonathan, can you inform us (probably after the UDS) if an
> "update-manager" of some sort is planned for Feisty and explain to us
> how the update process from Edgy->Feisty will look like? Thank you.
> 
> If you already know you'll be able to help with the Feisty upgrade
> testing, let me know. If you have other ideas which could help with
> upgrading, you can post them here, too.
> 
> Thank you (and the developers for a high-quality edgy release)!
> 
> Martin
> 
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