Re: Pre-upgrade warnings and advice?

2014-06-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neal McBurnett wrote on 02/06/14 20:49: ... Is there anything in the official upgrade tools to remind users about use of ppas, non-repo packages, unofficial desktops or other potentially problematic bits of software like unofficial programs

Re: Pre-upgrade warnings and advice?

2014-06-06 Thread Neal McBurnett
On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 02:46:46PM +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neal McBurnett wrote on 02/06/14 20:49: Is there anything in the official upgrade tools to remind users about use of ppas, non-repo packages, unofficial desktops or other

Re: Pre-upgrade warnings and advice?

2014-06-03 Thread Colin Law
On 3 June 2014 00:15, Charl Wentzel charl.went...@vodamail.co.za wrote: On 02/06/2014 21:49, Neal McBurnett wrote: Ubuntu support for upgrades naturally depends on exactly what is being upgraded. Use of software from outside the official Ubuntu repositories (PPA repositories or .deb files or

Pre-upgrade warnings and advice?

2014-06-02 Thread Neal McBurnett
Ubuntu support for upgrades naturally depends on exactly what is being upgraded. Use of software from outside the official Ubuntu repositories (PPA repositories or .deb files or tar.gz packages or the like) means upgrades may be more complicated for the user. Is there anything in the official

Re: Pre-upgrade warnings and advice?

2014-06-02 Thread Charl Wentzel
On 02/06/2014 21:49, Neal McBurnett wrote: Ubuntu support for upgrades naturally depends on exactly what is being upgraded. Use of software from outside the official Ubuntu repositories (PPA repositories or .deb files or tar.gz packages or the like) means upgrades may be more complicated