Karmic Beta version

[Tim Tebbit]

David Curtis wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:36:59 -0400
> Tim Tebbit <ttebbit at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Require the CD? Why not just edit your sources.list accordingly and
>> upgrade?
> 
> A bad idea. The proper way to release upgrade is to use update-manager.
> An 'update-manager -d' in a terminal or from Alt-F2. Update-manager has
> specific problem solving mechanisms that dist-upgrade does not have,
> your method could result in broken deps and a half upgraded machine.
> 
> Dave

Care to elaborate on the finer points of that?

I suspect the recommendation of avoiding the manual way if you will, is to
avoid conflicting documentation showing timtowtdi.