> If the driver metapackage is not available in the cache, I think the
> preference should be to abort and tell the user to fix their sources - rather
> than proceeding with the upgrade and breaking their desktop setup.
>
> That's also the more conservative option, because affected users will be held
> back and we can iterate further improvements on the upgrader as necessary -
> rather than them being upgraded and broken.
I've gone ahead and created a new merge proposal building on this but it exits if the driver metapackage is not available.
> If the driver metapackage is not available in the cache, I think the
> preference should be to abort and tell the user to fix their sources - rather
> than proceeding with the upgrade and breaking their desktop setup.
>
> That's also the more conservative option, because affected users will be held
> back and we can iterate further improvements on the upgrader as necessary -
> rather than them being upgraded and broken.
I've gone ahead and created a new merge proposal building on this but it exits if the driver metapackage is not available.
https:/ /code.launchpad .net/~ubuntu- core-dev/ ubuntu- release- upgrader/ +git/ubuntu- release- upgrader/ +merge/ 427736