Ubuntu
ubiquity package

“Welcome” step still says “directly from this CD”

Bug #1733578 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 17.10

1. Launch Ubiquity.

What you see: “You can try Ubuntu without making any changes to your computer, directly from this CD.”

What you should see: The text shouldn’t suggest that you are running from an installation medium that you are definitely not using (because Ubuntu no longer fits on a CD).

Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)
tags: added: artful
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: bitesize
Revision history for this message
Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

I checked to see if this is still present (which it is in Groovy). I found the underlying string in the source code which turns out to be:
"You can try ${RELEASE} without making any changes to your computer,
 directly from this ${MEDIUM}."
(https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/tree/debian/ubiquity.templates#n52)

Though I'm not sure where MEDIUM comes from or how it would be able to tell the difference between a DVD/USB-stick/other...

tags: added: bionic focal groovy
removed: artful
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Sue Hartland (kururunfa-do) wrote :

Would it be appropriate to change it to "You can try ${RELEASE} without making any changes to your computer, directly from this installer."

That would cover odd use cases such as virtual drives, as well as USB, external hard drives, etc.

Revision history for this message
Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to submit this bug report. Ubiquity is now unmaintained, and is replaced by either the Ubuntu Desktop Inser or Calamares starting with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Therefore, this bug is being closed as Won't Fix. If you believe this was done in error, feel free to re-open the bug. If yave any general questions about Ubuntu, please open a topic on the Ubuntu Discourse instance: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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