Re: You lost a new Ubuntu user
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 03:03:39AM -0500, Chris wrote: > Remember the free ship-it program though! > (It takes forever to get my CDs though, and I'm in FL!) > I don't think they ship outside the US though... Happily ships to me in the UK (from the Netherlands or Germany, can never remember which, and never keep the packaging!) signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: You lost a new Ubuntu user
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 08:55:42AM +0100, Milosz Derezynski wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:43 AM, nergar wrote: > > > YES, we should disable OS updates by default for "n00bs" just because a > > paranoid user made a comment. Very intelligent. > > > > > Now you're being paranoid. > > No one said something about disabling it by default, it's merely about > bringing it > to the user's attention that it will happen, and, since it's useful in some > cases (because > of internet traffic limitations), and prudent in others (because people are > wary of installers > doing any kind of connection attempt), also give the option to disable it. > > Like I said, a formality, nothing to deep. > > I think it became more than clear in the course > of this thread that the majority of people are *FOR* such a change. How can you speak for the majority of people? only a small subsection of users are available on this list signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
[Fwd: Re: Changes to devscripts]
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> From: Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Martin Meredith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Ubuntu Devel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Changes to devscripts
> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:00:25 +
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:45:15AM +, Martin Meredith wrote:
> > Recently, when running a release script for katapult, which automates
> > the build process of deb's for both ubuntu and debian, (using pbuild) I
> > came across the following error.
> >
> > dch warning: Recognised distributions are:
> > {warty,hoary,breezy,dapper,edgy,feisty}{,-updates,-security,-proposed}
> > and
> > UNRELEASED.
> > Using your request anyway.
> > dch: Did you see that warning? Press RETURN to continue...
> >
> > While I understand the reasoning behind this - surely it's going to be
> > an annoyance to ANYONE using ubuntu to make releases for both ubuntu and
> > Debian? or even just working on something for debian ...
> >
> > I know I'm not going to want to press enter every time.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better to just get it to show a warning? I mean, looking
> > at the code, it does check whether it's on Ubuntu or Debian, but it
> > shouldn't assume that you're building it for that distribution, I use
> > ubuntu, but I do things for debian too... and I'm sure a lot of the
> > core-devs do.
> >
> > Is there any way to get rid of this, at least get rid of the "Press
> > RETURN to continue..." ? (I've already edited my local scripts - but I
> > don't think this should be in the package)
>
> Good question. Let's hear from some of the other Ubuntu developers:
> what would be a good solution to this one?
>
>Julian
>
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[Fwd: Re: Changes to devscripts]
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> From: Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Martin Meredith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Ubuntu Devel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Changes to devscripts
> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:00:25 +
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:45:15AM +, Martin Meredith wrote:
> > Recently, when running a release script for katapult, which automates
> > the build process of deb's for both ubuntu and debian, (using pbuild) I
> > came across the following error.
> >
> > dch warning: Recognised distributions are:
> > {warty,hoary,breezy,dapper,edgy,feisty}{,-updates,-security,-proposed}
> > and
> > UNRELEASED.
> > Using your request anyway.
> > dch: Did you see that warning? Press RETURN to continue...
> >
> > While I understand the reasoning behind this - surely it's going to be
> > an annoyance to ANYONE using ubuntu to make releases for both ubuntu and
> > Debian? or even just working on something for debian ...
> >
> > I know I'm not going to want to press enter every time.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better to just get it to show a warning? I mean, looking
> > at the code, it does check whether it's on Ubuntu or Debian, but it
> > shouldn't assume that you're building it for that distribution, I use
> > ubuntu, but I do things for debian too... and I'm sure a lot of the
> > core-devs do.
> >
> > Is there any way to get rid of this, at least get rid of the "Press
> > RETURN to continue..." ? (I've already edited my local scripts - but I
> > don't think this should be in the package)
>
> Good question. Let's hear from some of the other Ubuntu developers:
> what would be a good solution to this one?
>
>Julian
>
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