Re: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-09-10 Thread Karl Anliot
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > My main issue with removing the alternate install is the ability to do a > command-line install, which similar to our servers provides an extra degree > of security and the ability to do the following as troubleshooting steps > without a gui: >

Re: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-09-09 Thread Paul Smith
- Original Message -------- Subject: Proposal to drop Ubuntu > alternate CDs for 12.10 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:50:24 -0700 From: Steve > LangasekTo: > ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com > > Dear developers, > > As part of ongoing efforts to reduce the number of images we s

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-29 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
Hi, On 28 August 2012 18:50, Brendan Donegan wrote: > Andrea, this is a good point. Please read through the discussion that > has taken place already to see if any of your concerns are addressed, I'm trying to read any message about this topic, but the discussion splitted into many topics (netbo

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-29 Thread Ho Wan Chan
Ah I actually started to think of a point... Ubiquity always has problems sometimes. These few days it has become more unstable then before. I have never reported a bug in the ISO QA Tracker, but jsut these few days I reported 2. Not good. 2012/8/29 Karl Anliot > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-29 Thread Karl Anliot
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > On 08/28/2012 09:34 AM, Anthony Byrne wrote: >> >> I agree with A. Grandi! The alternate installer is *much* more stable >> than any live CD. And what about SSH installation? >> >> I second the community vote idea, as well. The other *bunt

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le 08/28/2012 09:10 AM, Lance a écrit : > I'd think both Lubuntu and Xubuntu will suffer from this greatly since > we do tend to target older low end computers. Just to make it clear, Lubuntu will keep alternate for 12.10. Regards, Julien Lavergne -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread Brendan Donegan
On 28/08/12 16:21, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > On 28 August 2012 18:14, Nicholas Skaggs > wrote: >> On 08/28/2012 09:34 AM, Anthony Byrne wrote: >> As Brendan said, I would encourage those of you who have concerns to post >> them back to the ubuntu-devel list @ Steve et la for discussion.

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
Hi, On 28 August 2012 18:14, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > On 08/28/2012 09:34 AM, Anthony Byrne wrote: > As Brendan said, I would encourage those of you who have concerns to post > them back to the ubuntu-devel list @ Steve et la for discussion. If you > remember back to UDS, the original idea as dis

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
On 08/28/2012 09:34 AM, Anthony Byrne wrote: I agree with A. Grandi! The alternate installer is *much* more stable than any live CD. And what about SSH installation? I second the community vote idea, as well. The other *buntus are very likely to follow suit, so I believe in at least giving the p

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread Anthony Byrne
I agree with A. Grandi! The alternate installer is *much* more stable than any live CD. And what about SSH installation? I second the community vote idea, as well. The other *buntus are very likely to follow suit, so I believe in at least giving the public a heads-up. -- A. Byrne On Aug 28, 2012

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread Brendan Donegan
On 28/08/12 05:22, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > On 28 August 2012 07:04, Nicholas Skaggs > wrote: >> FYI -- as spoken of earlier, here's the details on dropping the alternate >> installer in 12.10. Again, this is just for ubuntu, and not a decision for >> any flavors. As far as I know, no

Re: [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
Hi, On 28 August 2012 07:04, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > > FYI -- as spoken of earlier, here's the details on dropping the alternate > installer in 12.10. Again, this is just for ubuntu, and not a decision for > any flavors. As far as I know, no flavors have committed to dropping the > alternate cd'

Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-27 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
milestone, which is Beta 1. As part of this, we'll need to migrate the alternate testcases and add new testcases in support of the new features in ubiquity. Thanks! Nicholas Original Message Subject: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10 Date: Mon, 27 Au