Upgrading from one Ubuntu release to the next
Upgrading from one Ubuntu release to the next is currently a power-user operation, involving editing of configuration files, careful attention to the decisions made by the packaging tools, and manual cleanup of obsolete or unwanted packages. This process should be wrapped in a tool (perhaps as extensions to update-manager), suitable for backporting to breezy-updates, which simplifies it for users, incorporating:
Automatic detection of the availability of a new release, offering an upgrade to the user
Preservation of user package selection (e.g., via metapackages)
Removal of obsolete packages (e.g., openoffice.org, python2.3)
Warnings about unsupported packages?
Do something sane with old kernel(s)
Upgrade packaging tools (including itself) first?
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Colin Watson
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Michael Vogt
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Michael Vogt
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for dapper
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Matt Zimmerman
- Completed by
- Matt Zimmerman
Whiteboard
Reviewed by smurf, 4 Nov. Sent back by kamion with comments inline in wiki. Comments adressed by mvo at 5 Nov. Edited and approved by kamion, 5 Nov.
mvo: work ongoing in http://
set to 'awaiting deployment' 17 March 2006 JMW
Set to "implmented" because it has entered breezy-updates now (mvo, 18.April.2006)
