[dhimes]

It's a philosophy, not a requirement. Mint thinks you should upgrade Ubuntu that way as well.

I just keep separate partitions and do a full install on the ones I need. No sweat.

On the other hand, I did a "ubuntu" style upgrade to 10.04 LTS, and that worked fine, too (I run that on a netbook for their netbook interface). It took longer than a full install on Mint (perhaps being a slower machine had something to do with it), but it worked out ok.

[davidw]

Ok, but if they eventually strike out 'on their own', it's not something they're going to test, potentially leaving you in the lurch.

[dhimes]

I imagine we'll at least be warned.