[ubuntu-studio-users] Trying to update 14.04.1 to 14.10

[Ralf Mardorf]

Oops, send from the wrong address, now I'm sorry for breaking the thread
by forwarding my original message.

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From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Trying to update 14.04.1 to 14.10
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:29:16 +0200
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On Sat, 2014-10-25 at 12:15 +0100, Alex Armani wrote:
> My internet tripped out doing an upgrade.
> How do I do the online upgrade? Now it doesn't seem to recognise that
> 14.10 is available.
> Is there a cli commands to do this please, aha tia from Alex.

My help wasn't welcome at the Kubuntu list, perhaps it's welcome here.
But you remember that Len once compared a release upgrade with a new
install? Before upgrading consider to backup the install.

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From: Ralf Mardorf <kde.lists at yahoo.com>
To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Muon Update Manager
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:03:00 +0200
Mailer: Evolution 3.12.7 

On Sat, 2014-10-25 at 08:46 +1000, Phil wrote:
> Thank you for reading this.
> 
> I have Muon Update Manager's "Release upgrade" set to Normal Releases" 
> yet I'm not notified of the new release. Xubuntu's updater (not on the 
> same laptop) is similar to Muon Update Manager and it did show that 
> 14.10 was available.
> 
> I suspect that I have a conflicting configuration somewhere. Is there a 
> way of forcing the upgrade or at least forcing the notification?

"Forcing" a relase upgrade could be done by command line:
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/installing-upgrading.html

Notification about what kind of upgrade ever are a silly custom. That
makes people upgrade without at least reading the news of their distro's
homepage, let alone that they never ever will read release notes. A
notification "hello, here are upgrades" is insane, a self-responsible
user is aware about needed upgrades and about things that need attention
when doing an upgrade. Just upgrading, while there is a notification
easily could end up disastrous. *buntu made a big step into the wrong
direction with this Windows/iOS like approach.

JFTR the Ubuntu Studio team compared release upgrades with installing a
new release and *buntu rlease upgrades tend to cause issues, you better
stay with your release or do a plain new install.