[conspire] upgrading from ubuntu 10.04 -> 12.04.4 -> 14.04 ?

[=JeffH]

Rick wrote..
 >
 > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades

Ok, thanks for the pointer Rick.

see also..

Nick Moffitt <nick at zork.net> said privately & gave perms to share..
 >
 > =JeffH:
 >> Also, I discovered that apparently the intermediate releases between
 >> 10.04 -> 12.04.aren't available (or at least I didn't (yet) find
 >> them) and so it looks like I gotta make the big jump in any case.
 >
 > Yeah, those will have expired from the archive.  The jump from LTS to
 > LTS is generally supported by (I think) the .2 release, so once 14.04.2
 > is out (unless I'm wrong and it's .3), the path there straight from
 > 12.04 will be supported.  The jump from any release to its subsequent
 > release tends to be supported after the .1 release (so you could get
 > from 10.10 to 11.04 only once 11.04.1 came out).
 >
 > I think there needs to be more clarity about when it's supported to
 > upgrade from some release to some other release, and when it's merely
 > possible.   For example, I upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04 without serious
 > incident (though I did file a couple bugs), but that was largely
 > possible due to my experience with the system.


 > =JeffH:
 >> And so you're tacitly suggesting to not try to go all the way from
 >> 10.04.x to 14.04 right now, but goto 12.04.4 and wait for 14.04.x
 >> before making the latter leap?   [modulo being aware of, and able to
 >> handle, the issues you'd encountered in making that jump...]
 >
 > I am saying that making the leap from 12.04.4 to 14.04 right now is
 > possible, doable and worthwhile, but you will likely run into situations
 > that will call upon your technical skill in order to complete the
 > upgrade.


thx again to all for the feedback/answers,

HTH,

=JeffH