----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Pascoe Sent: 09 November 2008 12:58 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Intrepid 8.10 Kubuntu - disaster
I think we've actually got three different types of user to accommodate. Those who will upgrade pre release, those who will upgrade at the release date, and those who will upgrade a period of time into the release. The first type are normally done by those who have a bit of savvy in dealing with the breakages and bugs that appear as part of the pre release cycle - techies if you will. The release day people are those who like to be at the leading edge, but either don't have the time, or maybe the inclination to go into the apps to sort out problems, and have a moderate expectation of it just working from the release. The last group of upgraders are those who want to have the latest release, but don't want the hassles with the release day problems. It is this last group of people that I don't think are well catered for at the moment in new CD images - non LTS releases of course. Yes I'm aware that of course by upgradeing you will get all the packages that will address the release day bugs, but this download can be quite large and time consuming. Perhaps what should be suggested is a re-base of the CD image some 3 - 4 weeks into a cycle to mop up all the fixes and squashed bugs that have become apparent since release? This would then give us a better platform to give to whomever, and we'd be safer in the knowledge that it'd just work - well better than some of the experiences described here earlier. I haven't looked at Brainstorm yet to see if this is floating about there already. Would anyone else like to comment on the thought of such a post release update and the expectations as to what it should actually contain? Ian Ian ____________________________________________________________________________ _ Ian I have ran 8.10 within a vmware image as you say correctly there are different user types And i really don't want to break my machine because i have an nvidia graphics card which was the only thing not detected correctly everything else seemed to work without a hitch. I totally agree with what ya saying bud about the rebase and reinstalling all the fixes that have been found since the latest release or maybe i am being naive. Regards John __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3597 (20081108) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
