Just to see what would happen I installed a bunch of these packages on an Ubuntu 16.04 system w/o -proposed enabled, I then enabled -proposed and upgraded the packages without any issue.
I then modified DistUpgradeController.py in the u-r-u tarball so that -proposed would not be disabled during the upgrade process and upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 without any issue. Here's the list of packages I installed: sudo apt install appstream bumblebee python3-django-countries dochelp dovecot-core fusiondirectory glib2.0 guile-2.0 hicolor-icon-theme ltsp- client neurodebian python-nevow octave packagekit pike7.8 pike8.0 shared-mime-info python3-sphinx postgresql-common tex-common python- wokkel xpdf yorick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to shared-mime-info in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1780996 Title: Convert triggers to noawait To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1780996/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs