Quantal -> Raring -> Saucy upgrade path, how?

[Adam Conrad]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 06:40:16PM -0400, Braiam Miguel Peguero Novo wrote:
> 
> In askubuntu chat we noticed certain oddity in the support releases,
> Quantal will be still supported while Raring isn't, hence people using
> Quantal that wants to upgrade to Raring can (Murphy's law say will)
> get some troubles and some more users will get confused. How this
> distortion will play out for the release team (and users)?

While raring with be EOL and stop receiving updates before quantal is
in the same boat, I don't anticipate removing raring from the mirrors
until after quantal's EOL, to avoid any serious issues for people who
try to do the release hop from Q-R-S-T.

We should also be working on making sure that Q-T (bypassing R and S)
upgrade paths work, and be pushing users (via update-manager hints)
toward that direction.

... Adam