Upgrade Testing

Elfy ub.untu at btinternet.com
Wed Jan 29 16:43:09 UTC 2014


On 29/01/14 15:28, Robin wrote:
> Awesome!
>
> Elfy, do I need to change anything in my current Xubu 12.04 to test 
> this upgrade process?  It's not showing up in Update Manager.
>

It won't show up yet as Trusty is still in development.

If you want to carry on - have a look at the tests - there are detailed 
instructions there :)

Please note - the note in the mail ;)

You also should be aware that the way back from an upgrade is reinstalling.

> On 01/29/2014 07:11 AM, Elfy wrote:
>>
>> Now, we need to start running upgrade tests, most importantly the LTS 
>> to LTS upgrades (from 12.04 to 14.04) and as usual, the regular 
>> upgrades (from 13.10 to 14.04).
>>
>> Testcases are present for both 64 and 32 bit at
>>
>>         http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/57247/testcases
>>
>>         http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/57248/testcases
>>
>> As there is no specific testcase available at present for the _LTS to 
>> LTS_ upgrade - please use the comment area of the tracker report to 
>> note which type of upgrade you tested - LTS or non-LTS
>>
>> It would be infinitely better to be have upgrades tested with real 
>> data, but at worst tests via Virtual Machines will check the basic 
>> upgrade path.
>>
>> *_NOTE: If you are testing with real data, please make backups first!_*
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Elfy
>> -- 
>> Ubuntu Forum Council Member
>> Xubuntu QA Lead
>>
>>
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Ubuntu Forum Council Member
Xubuntu QA Lead

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