Bug#533265: It would be good to fix this while people are still upgrading
On 01/22/2010 07:18:22 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:08:01PM -0600, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> > Security support will be dis-continued for etch on
> > Feb 15th. It'd be nice to fix the upgrade document
> > while people are still upgrading.
>
> Could you elaborate what part of "upgrade document" is affected in
> what
> way? ...and which document are you talking as "upgrade document"?
>
> Can you copy URL or something so we do not need to second guess
> inside
> your thought?
It's the document against which this bug is filed. I thought
that the bug # itself was a clear enough reference but I guess not.
The document that says how to upgrade from etch to lenny.
Sorry for the confusion.
The "upgrade document" is this:
"If you're upgrading to the latest stable release from a previous
version, please read the release notes
[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes]
before proceeding."
The bug report contains further detail about the nature of the problem
and exactly which portion of the text is confusing and what
the consequences are. (The upgraded system is left without
the apt-utils package installed, a priority 'important' package.)
> etch has been oldstable and we always discontinue support on
> oldstable.
> There is nothing new for this.
Right. My point is that people need to upgrade and if they
follow the instructions as written they will have problems --
and the longer the document remains incorrect the more people
will have problems upgrading from etch to lenny. And, of course,
if you wait long enough before fixing the document they'll
be no user's left on etch so they'll be no point in
making the fix.
Karl <kop@meme.com>
Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
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