what do you want to see in future apt versions ?

[Tom H]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 3:57 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> 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.

You can, but it's strongly recommended to use "do-release-upgrade"
because it's more fault-tolerant and less brutal.