bug: should only upgrade to stable releases by default
Let me know if I've misunderstood how releases or postmarketos-release-upgrade works!
I initially mentioned this in:
Currently, users are able to upgrade to v23.12 with postmarketos-release-upgrade, however by default this is documented to only upgrade to stable releases. The CHANNEL argument must be passed to get an unstable release.
Once you run the script, it will ask if you want to upgrade to the latest stable release by default
— https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Upgrade_to_a_newer_postmarketOS_release (emphasis mine)
However, based on https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/2409 v23.12 appears to be in testing, so postmarketos-release-upgrade should not be offering to upgrade to this by default. It should be under the edge or a new test channel.
How releases are handled currently can be confusing for some users, as after making a backup and upgrading, I opted to check for the release notes, changelog, or an announcement, and couldn't find anything, because this isn't actually a stable release. ^-^'
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Thanks for the report, and for posting test results in the v23.12 testing issue! :D
Right, the upgrade for postmarketos-release-upgrade shouldn't have been backported to v23.06 just yet. I've updated the release TODO list to ensure this doesn't happen in the future.
By Oliver Smith on 2023-12-06T19:11:37
Edited by Ghost User