Upgrade tests are there own product

[Scott Kitterman]

Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2060 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Wouldn't a respin of the main image affect the upgrade image? I was
>thinking the upgrade will have to account for the changes in the main
>images.
>On Mar 14, 2013 12:19 PM, "Stéphane Graber" <stgraber at ubuntu.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On 03/14/2013 12:12 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>> > Pas was asking about why upgrade tests are currently there own
>product
>> > (image) on the tracker, and as such are lumped away from the main
>> > product (image) tests. Is there a reason for this? Pasi was hoping
>more
>> > visibility would be had if those tests were pushed back into the
>main
>> > products themselves. So for example, the upgrade xubuntu tests
>would
>> > appear under xubuntu with the other installation tests.
>> >
>> > I know historically they've been seperated out, so I was hoping for
>some
>> > background information or feedback from someone who might have a
>reason
>> > to object to the change of moving these tests back into the main
>> products.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Nicholas
>>
>> That'd be because a respin of an image shouldn't reset the upgrade
>> results. The upgrade products are typically reset all at the same
>time
>> whenever a massive change happens that affects upgrades.
>>
>>
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Upgrade isn't an image per se. It uses the package archive. Changes to the installer, for example, don't affect upgrades at all.

Scott K