Bug#988963: upgrade-reports: upgrade process requires a second "apt full-upgrade"

Hi Holger,

On 26-05-2021 22:04, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 09:55:36PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
>> I agree with "it should be possible" but I'd like to note that the
>> release notes already explicitly recommend to update before upgrade.
> [...]
>> Ack. We could add a note to the release notes for those people that
>> don't update first.
>  
> yes. but then, it's been a *long* standing practice that this is generally
> supported and possible *and* then there are those people who don't read 
the
> release notes, or not completely, or miss that part or.

I may be missing something, but *to me* the issue doesn't seem too bad.
I mean, so far it seems nothing really breaks, just that after the
upgrade not all packages are upgraded. Which that can be fixed with
*another* upgrade. I may be missing something.

> IOW: if we can make a better fix, we should.

Agree, but I'm not sure we should jump through hoops.

Paul