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Running script

$sudo ./rolling-rhino
Rolling Rhino 🦏
[+] INFO: lsb_release detected.
[+] INFO: Ubuntu detected.
[+] INFO: Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla (development branch) detected.
[!] ERROR: No installed desktop packages were detected. Quitting.

Testing part where It crashed

$apt list --installed ubuntu-desktop | grep installed
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

I'm using Czech language and changing "installed" to "instalovaný" in script works

apt list --installed ubuntu-desktop | grep instalovaný
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
ubuntu-desktop/groovy,now 1.451 amd64 [instalovaný]

E: The package linux-headers-5.4.0-40 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

I'm guessing the 5.4 kernel that the daily is using, isn't in the devel, shouldn't it be upgraded during the upgrade? (Also make sure ZFS modules still are working)

Also because of this error, I can't install any new packages.

Would a lot of issues be resolved if Rolling Rhino became a fork or flavor like the others? an actual devel iso that can grab updates from the devel branch even after a new release is out there?

I've seen daily iso builds but not found a proposed devel iso that's been compiled (Would those even receive updates?)

This could potentially be done in a way that would automatically fix the issues that come every new release like

#39

&

#40

Could support be added to run the installation script in a ubuntu stratum?

Thanks!

I installed the daily desktop image, and ran the script and I'm getting an error message:

[sudo] password for scott: 
Rolling Rhino \U0001f98f
  [+] INFO: lsb_release detected.
  [+] INFO: Ubuntu detected.
  [+] INFO: Ubuntu Impish Indri (development branch) detected.
  [!] ERROR: No installed desktop packages were detected. Quitting.

Hi sorry if this is posted in the wrong area, as I didn't know where else to post it or ask.
If possible can I please get the questions directly answered. Also I understand how Ubuntu is designed to work, but personally got sick of using PPA's, doing dist-upgrades, etc, hence why I'm here. I've used Arch a ton in the past and decided to try this out.

My 1st question is: How stable is the Ubuntu development branch compared to say Arch packages? Yes I know what I am doing and my way around Linux, I'm asking simply out of curiosity.
2nd question: Is the development branch similar to that of Debian's testing branch (buster/bullseye)? Or is it more comparable to Debian Sid/Unstable?
3rd question: What process/stages do packages go through before they're released on the development branch (if any) - for example: unstable>testing/development>stable/release candidate?
Last question: what packages are recommended to block/freeze from updating if I want a little bit of extra stability?

I'm using it currently on a gaming PC where there isn't really anything of any importance, but I'm genuinely interested with this and before making the switch permanently I'd just like to know the above.
TIA

in addition to #39

there are also errors when trying to access or view software repositories settings in either app manager or from the Ubuntu Updater. From the /usr/bin/update-manager command line it says

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 100, in
app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 154, in init
SoftwareProperties.init(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 111, in init
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 605, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 91, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException(
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Ubuntu/hirsute

gks gedit /etc/lsb-release - don't know what to put in this file since I just have the names devel and hirsuite to try and fix it

the sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade command seems to work but show the errors listed in the previously linked issue, i was able to fix some of those errors however (I think with "sudo apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change update")

Hi
good job. Your idea is very easy to use convert the distribution from long support to rolling distribution, through the executable file (sh).
Only the thing that I hope to amend it and add it in the executable file! It is the optional return method (y/n) from a rolling distribution to a previous distribution, because most users will find it difficult to return after the experiment.
Thanks for the hard work

E: Repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from 'groovy' to 'hirsute'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-updates InRelease (expected devel-updates but got hirsute)

Is it broken now with these E: N: W: Errors? I Installed Rolling Rhino before the Groovy beta and now in settings it doesn't say proposed devel anymore and just Groovy Gorilla

Mentions that a new 21.04 is out there somewhere

W: Conflicting distribution: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-security InRelease (expected devel-security but got groovy)

W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel InRelease (expected devel but got groovy)

W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-updates InRelease (expected devel-updates but got groovy)

W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel-backports InRelease (expected devel-backports but got groovy)

I noticed this, unsure if its a bug.

The links provided on this github page to the Ubuntu Daily Builds will not work with the script to turn them into Rolling Rhino builds. So far I have downloaded the ISO images for Ubuntu Desktop and MATE. When I run the script to convert them to Rolling Rhino it fails with this error "Ubuntu 21.04 detected. Switching an interim release to the devel series directly is not supported."

For those who are using packages for different architectures in parallel (namely, arm64 on an amd64 host), the update procedure can actually break apt due to unsatisfied dependencies because not all architectures are available at http://archive.ubuntu.com.
(It looks like it's enough to install hello:arm64 which is dynamically linked and shares some libraries with apt–since not all library packages can be upgraded to a newer version from the aforementioned repository, the apt package ends up in rc state and the associated command becomes unavailable.)

After manually changing all instances of "focal" to "devel" on the /etc/apt/sources.list file (except the "apt.pop-os.org" instances), it seemed to work fine. Here's how my file looks like:

# deb cdrom:[Pop_OS 20.04 _Focal Fossa_ - Release amd64 (20200617)]/ focal main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary focal main
deb-src http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary focal main

So far no issues have arisen from the upgrade. I will keep this updated if I encounter any during day-to-day use.

I installed the from the latest daily build, and ran your script.
It on Ubuntu, and then did an apt update and apt upgrade check.
And noticed it didn't show it was on devel. So I ran your script again and I got errors:

https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/4CZbqY7Dt6/

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/ReleaseCycle

post-beta

focus security updates on any updates still missing from devel release that are present in stable updates (see 'Show all out-of-sync CVEs for the devel release' from $UCT/README for assistance) 

Does this mean that running rolling-rhino could be less secure than the point release?

Is the Devel security policy any different to the point release for open/closed ports or changes in running services as i wouldn't want things enabled by default that would normally be disabled in the point release?

If that made any sense :)

Thanks