Upgrade paths from UbuntuMATE 16.04.x and 18.04.x to 19.10

[Petter Adsen]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:43:30 -0400
Paul Smith <paul at mad-scientist.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2019-10-13 at 00:31 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > I am assuming (but am not sure) that I can upgrade directly from
> > 18.04.x. to 19.10.
> 
> I don't think that is correct.  Technically the supported release path
> from 18.04 to 19.10 requires you to go 18.04 -> 18.10 -> 19.04 ->
> 19.10.

True. In this scenario I would consider just doing a clean install.
I've upgraded through several releases this way before with luck, but
it might be easier to just install a fresh system from the release
candidate images.

> You can upgrade from one LTS release directly to the next LTS release
> (e.g., 16.04 -> 18.04 is supported, and 18.04 -> 20.04 will be
> supported next spring).  But for non-LTS releases the supported
> upgrade path is to go through each one.

Also true, but the supported upgrade path from 18.04 to 20.04 will only
be opened after the first point release, which will happen a few months
after release (so not in the spring).

Petter

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