On 28/08/12 05:22, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > On 28 August 2012 07:04, Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.ska...@canonical.com> > 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's. This transition will occur with the next 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! > so you have already decided? I did think there was a discussion before > proceding, but it looks like this change will already take its effect > starting from the next beta. Don't you think we should ask first the > community what they think about? It's non sense that in less than 24 > hours you start the discussion on ubuntu-devel and you have already > decided for everyone. I can't get it, sorry. Andrea, I don't think you've read the email on ubuntu-devel properly. Steve has outlined reasons why he thinks it is okay to drop -alternate and invited comments/objections from others. I would recommend you follow up there with concerns, as it sounds like you have some. > > Let me say that this is the worst idea ever proposed! I won't be able > to use Ubuntu on my desktop anymore because I'm using a RAID 1 setup > and I want to do a safe installation not using some workaround later > after installation and risking to loose my data. > > Even more, alternate install CD is the only way for some PC to > complete the installation. You can't imagine how many time I had to > use alternate installer because ubiquity was freezing. > > I really cannot understand how you can propose something that will > make Ubuntu worse than it is, > We're supposed to make Ubuntu BETTER not worse. > > Best regards, > > -- > Andrea Grandi - Nokia-DX/Tampere / Qt Ambassador > Ubuntu Member: https://launchpad.net/~andreagrandi > website: http://www.andreagrandi.it >
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