what do you want to see in future apt versions ?

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 15:55 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 15:39, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am only one of many, who have found the commands confusing, which
> > is why the questions about whether those two (dist-upgrade and
> > full-upgrade) will institute a version upgrade, keep occurring on
> > this list.
> 
> Neither. Ever. You cannot upgrade Ubuntu versions with any form of
> the `apt-get` or `apt` command, ever, under any circumstances. The
> End.

Agreed.  Maybe it helps to remember this:

What does it mean to upgrade to a new Ubuntu version?  You have to
rewrite your APT configuration (/etc/apt/sources*) to point to a new,
different set of upstream sources: each Ubuntu release uses completely
different URLs for their DEB package lines.

APT commands like apt and apt-get never to through and rewrite your
source lists.  You need a different command for that.

So it should be clear that there is no situation where running apt or
apt-get will ever switch to a new Ubuntu version.


In a way the fact that people are confused about this is a testament to
the great work Ubuntu has done to make updates and upgrades easy and
painless.