The theory of upgrading from 14.04 to 15.04 using /etc/apt/sources.list

[Simon Quigley]

C,

So should I try it in a VM?

And I am QA :P so that was pretty funny

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:36 PM, C de-Avillez <hggdh2 at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:11:08 -0500
> Simon Quigley <sqawesome99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever tried upgrading right to 15.04 by just editing
> > /etc/apt/sources.list and replacing where it says trusty with vivid,
> > then doing sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade?
> >
> > Does it work? If it doesn't work, why?
> >
> > Have a nice day,
> > Simon Quigley
> > Lubuntu QA Member
>
> It *may* work. It will probably work. It will, also, perhaps fail in
> some points, but without telling you so.
>
> The upgrade process takes care of a lot of things (see the source for
> details). When you just switch repositories, all this care is thrown
> out of the window. Most of the times it will still work. Except for some
> details, like adjusting user preferences, paths, etc.
>
> At least this is my experience, when I played with screwing up upgrades
> (I was QA). YMMV.
>
> Cheers,
>
> ..C..
>
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Have a nice day,
Simon Quigley
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