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tirengarfio
February 18th, 2009, 11:33 AM
Hi,

anyone can explain me the difference?

Bye

snova
February 19th, 2009, 03:52 AM
$ do-release-upgrade --help
Usage: do-release-upgrade [options]

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d, --devel-release Check if upgrading to the latest devel release is
possible
-p, --proposed Try upgrading to the latest release using the upgrader
from $distro-proposed
-m MODE, --mode=MODE Run in a special upgrade mode. Currently 'desktop' for
regular upgrades of a desktop system and 'server' for
server systems are supported.
-f FRONTEND, --frontend=FRONTEND
Run the specified frontend


As explained by do-release-upgrade itself, it checks for development releases.