On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 14:43 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Thu Oct 22 14:22:39 +0100 2009 Nick wrote: > > Anybody got an idea when the Karmic RC update files will hit the repo's, > > I am running the beta and expected a large update today, but as of 14:21 > > there are no updates yet. > > I think you misunderstand the process somewhat. > > We slow down updates when trying to release a snapshot, releasing a known > good state from a moving target is very difficult. > > Releasing something solid isn't going to happen by dropping all the changes > in at the last minute. > > We froze for RC last Thursday, and have been working to fix critical bugs > since then. We are going through the last steps of testing all the images > and checking all is ready, and then the RC will be released. Therefore > if you are up to date it is likely that you are running what will be > released as the RC. Until the release is announced we may find a critical > problem and have to start over again though. > > So, looking for a large number of updates is the wrong thing to do, you > should really be looking for the point when everything stops :-). > > We'll be doing all this testing over again on Tuesday/Wednesday next > week, and anyone is welcome to help with that. It's not that difficult, > and really helps the process run smoothly, plus, you can have the final > release images before anyone else :-). See > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Procedures > > for information on how to help. > > Thanks, > > James
Thanks James/Chris, Well, the good news is that the Netbook Remix Beta runs remarkably well on my obscure Toshiba NB100 notebook :-) Regards, -- Nicholas.J.Parkinson email: n...@jonick.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
