On Sunday 30 May 2010 12:27:21 C. Gatzemeier wrote:
> Of course this would expose existing issues to a broader audience up
> front, but that sounds like a good thing (as "release often" also
> somehow means "expose often".), not only for users not unnecessarily
> running into issues, but also for
Hi Joachim,
let me just assure you that IMHO appropriate warnings before critical
updates could prevent a lot of headaches.
As the release notes are tracked/composed from launchpad entries, maybe
the system could be made generic enough to work on top of bug trackers'
tagging facilities (debian BT
On Saturday, May 29, 2010, Joachim Langenbach wrote:
> Yes, that's totally correct!
>
> And from my point of view, really many people don't read release notes
This is very true. I don't know what percent of users currently read
the release notes before upgrading, but I know that a very tiny
perce
Yes, that's totally correct!
And from my point of view, really many people don't read release notes
(including me). This are espacially new and unfamiliar users, but also other
users, who think, if they release an update, it would work on most machines
and of course every user thinks, that he o
Hello,
if I understood your suggestion, you are proposing that the upgrade process
should check for known issues and warn before allowing the user to proceed ?
Critical issues with the upgrade process are expected to have some
workaround implemented at the upgrade process level, non critical issue
Good Morning again,
I'm a bit stunning, that nobody seems to be interested in such a thing. Im not
afraid of coding it myself, even if I have not much time for that right now,
but I think even in that case, a discussion about the preferred way is
important.
I'm wondering about the fact of lac
Good Morning all!
After last release update and time consuming error repairing, I've think about
a system, to inform users with critical system components that an update is
not recommended at their machine.
My thought was a system like the following one:
1. Provide a list of kown critical comp
