Bug#1106405: release-notes: 4.2.1. title states 'to' instead of 'from'

On Sat, 24 May 2025 at 15:01, Justin B Rye <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Richard Lewis wrote:
> > Sistemas Jaguar, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> The title of section 4.2.1 is inconsistent with section 4.2.
> >>
> >>    4.2     Upgrades from Debian 12 (bookworm)
> >>    4.2.1.  Upgrade to Debian 12 (bookworm)
> >>
> >> The use of 'to' here is inconsistent and misleading.
> >>
> >
> > ive always thought this was not great, but the idea is correct: you need to
> > properly upgrade to bookworm before you then move off it: you cant skip
> > releases.
>
> Perhaps things would be clearer if we merged 4.2.2 into 4.2.1 - that
> is, instead of "Upgrade to Debian 12 (bookworm)" and then "Upgrade to
> latest point release" (which doesn't really make sense as a separate
> stage), combine the two as
>
>  Start from the latest point release
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>  The procedure given here assumes your system has already been
>  upgraded to the latest point release of Debian |OLDRELEASE|
>  (|OLDRELEASENAME|); upgrades skipping releases are not supported.
>  Display your Debian version with:
>
>  .. code-block:: console
>
>   $ cat /etc/debian_version
>
>  If needed, upgrade to Debian |OLDRELEASE| first following the
>  instructions at |URL-R-N-OLDSTABLE|.

looks good to me - maybe "if needed" should be stronger as you're not
supposed to skip a stable release