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Still expecting answer about the differences, possible risks and why mintupgrade doesn't do it automatically #51

Closed nicolasmol closed 8 months ago

nicolasmol commented 1 year ago

Following the thread https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupgrade/issues/27. I'm still expecting an answer why doing this...

sudo sed -i 's/focal/jammy/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
sudo apt full-upgrade

...which I did not apply until ultimate patching (therefore I'm still under 20.3), seems to be a also a valid and easier way to upgrade without pre-removing the so said "broken packages" (php-generic packages in my case); and if it's an equivalent job : why mintupgrade doesn't to this by itself before ?

clefebvre commented 8 months ago

No this just works around the problem. By pointing to the destination you basically make it skip a whole series of tests. It solves your particular issue but it would also make it unable to detect a series of potential issues for other users.