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[Lance <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just thought to add;

If we move it to the desktop image testing it should possibly be "optional" rather than "mandatory".

But my original point, which I did a poor job of explaining, is that upgrading via the live image is very much dependent on the date the image was produced rather than a "weekly" cycle :^)

Lance

--- On Tue, 4/16/13, Lance <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Lance <lbsolost@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] New upgrade test - via live image
> To: "Nicholas Skaggs" <nicholas.skaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 9:41 PM
> Just to catch everyone up on the
> basics; beginning with Maverick ubiquity began offering an
> upgrade path that's quite different than both the standard
> upgrade via the update-mangler or via the alternate image.
> 
> Basically, based on my own experience, this option will only
> be offered if you have only one Ubuntu based distro
> installed. So if you're multi-booting two or more Ubuntu
> based distros (like Xubuntu and Lubuntu) you'll never see
> it, but I have still seen the option if I'm dual-booting
> with either Windows or Fedora.
> 
> Anyway if you look at Upgrade Lubuntu on the QA Tracker
> you'll now see two tests:
> 
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/243/builds/41978/testcases
> 
> The one that's called "Upgrade (image)" is the one I'm
> talking about ;^)
> 
> So what's the problem?
> 
> Well, having it lumped into standard upgrade testing you
> first see this page where it says, "This build is valid for
> a week, starting on 2013/04/12 at 21:00 UTC and finishing on
> 2013/04/19 at 21:00 UTC.":
> 
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/243/builds/41978/testcases/1498/results
> 
> You can of course read more on the testcase specific page:
> 
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1498/info
> 
> So I'm thinking that this live-image upgrade test should
> actually be moved from the "Upgrade Lubuntu" section to the
> Desktop images tests ............ but I'm just thinking out
> loud ATM.
> 
> That's why I'm not filing a bug against the tracker, I felt
> it best to have an open discussion before doing so.
> Particularly since this is something rather new to most
> testers.
> 
> Lance
> 
> 
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