Ubuntu
ubiquity package

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

Bug #1733578 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
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
Revision history for this message
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.

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