On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 8:25 AM Daniel Westermann (DWE) <daniel.westermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 08:10:08AM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> On 3/30/21 8:06 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > What other software needs to upgrade through all intermediate versions?
>>
>> Many variations of OS'es, though not all. One of the benefits of Ubuntu is
>> that you can jump from x.LTS to y.LTS over intermediate versions.
>Oh, yeah. Anyway, any idea of how to more clearly state users don't
>need to upgrade to intermediate versions?
The best place would be the release notes, I guess. Right at the beginning here:
Release notes are probably a good place too but there is already a section in the main documentation where this needs to be added.
Which is linked to from the main website.
An explicit sentence stating that major upgrades can skip major versions is needed. The document is written assuming the reading knows this, and just makes a few minor notes on the topic:
e.g., "If you are upgrading across several major versions, be sure to read the release notes for each intervening version."
David J.
