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| 2006-08-12 20:22:20 |
Matthew East |
ubuntu-docs: status |
Unconfirmed |
Needs Info |
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| 2006-08-12 20:22:20 |
Matthew East |
ubuntu-docs: assignee |
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mdz |
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| 2006-08-12 20:22:20 |
Matthew East |
ubuntu-docs: statusexplanation |
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I'm still not completely satisfied that we can close this bug. Matt, as Thilo pointed out on the mailing list, on the point release spec it says:
"The support team would like to have good traceability of the contents
of Dapper at its original release and at each point release.
The support team and curious end users would both like to be able to
identify a point-release system (whether from a fresh install or
upgraded) by means of lsb_release, /etc/issue, etc."
It occurs to me that things like "About Ubuntu" and the firefox homepage are the two main ways that many users will identify their system when seeking support.
Matt: the change is not difficult. If you want it done, just confirm the bug and we'll sort it (and we'll try and do the same before future point releases). If not, please close the bug :) |
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| 2006-08-12 20:30:07 |
Matt Zimmerman |
ubuntu-docs: status |
Needs Info |
Unconfirmed |
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| 2006-08-12 20:30:07 |
Matt Zimmerman |
ubuntu-docs: assignee |
mdz |
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| 2006-08-12 20:30:07 |
Matt Zimmerman |
ubuntu-docs: statusexplanation |
I'm still not completely satisfied that we can close this bug. Matt, as Thilo pointed out on the mailing list, on the point release spec it says:
"The support team would like to have good traceability of the contents
of Dapper at its original release and at each point release.
The support team and curious end users would both like to be able to
identify a point-release system (whether from a fresh install or
upgraded) by means of lsb_release, /etc/issue, etc."
It occurs to me that things like "About Ubuntu" and the firefox homepage are the two main ways that many users will identify their system when seeking support.
Matt: the change is not difficult. If you want it done, just confirm the bug and we'll sort it (and we'll try and do the same before future point releases). If not, please close the bug :) |
The support team can't rely on this for anything particularly useful; a user could upgrade to an equivalent level immediately before the point release, and have the same packages without the version number changing.
Changing "About Ubuntu" should satisfy their needs by giving them an easy way to have the user graphically check for a minimum point release level. I don't see a need to change the firefox home pages. If we do so, we will need to repeat the exercise for every point release in the future in order to avoid confusion, and I'd like to minimize the number of things we need to touch when doing that. |
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| 2006-08-25 09:10:59 |
Andreas Lloyd |
ubuntu-docs: status |
Unconfirmed |
Confirmed |
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| 2006-08-25 09:10:59 |
Andreas Lloyd |
ubuntu-docs: importance |
Untriaged |
Medium |
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| 2006-08-25 09:10:59 |
Andreas Lloyd |
ubuntu-docs: statusexplanation |
The support team can't rely on this for anything particularly useful; a user could upgrade to an equivalent level immediately before the point release, and have the same packages without the version number changing.
Changing "About Ubuntu" should satisfy their needs by giving them an easy way to have the user graphically check for a minimum point release level. I don't see a need to change the firefox home pages. If we do so, we will need to repeat the exercise for every point release in the future in order to avoid confusion, and I'd like to minimize the number of things we need to touch when doing that. |
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| 2007-06-14 20:30:09 |
Matthew East |
ubuntu-docs: status |
Confirmed |
Rejected |
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| 2007-06-14 20:30:09 |
Matthew East |
ubuntu-docs: statusexplanation |
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As per mdz, perhaps it is better to leave the material unchanged. I'll close the bug for now. |
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