On 25/02/10 21:04, Sebastien Bacher wrote: >> If they were installed by default, then we should remove them. >> > I would say the choice for those is not that easy, you often have cases > where the old default software had options or features that the new one > doesn't have (ie empathy doesn't do otr where pidgin does and some users > have been using that for years and wouldn't understand what happens if > that stopped working on upgrade without explanation). We should look at > getting some better infrastructure to handle upgrades next cycle, asking > users after upgrade if they want to learn about the changes in the new > version and give them enough informations to take an informed decision > on those >
We have to take responsibility for our decisions to migrate to newer software. If we have dropped Pidgin from the default install today, we will drop it from main tomorrow. And then the user will be running unsupported software. We should do a damn good migration, as good as it can be, and remove the old software. The user *can* reinstall it, but then it is a conscious decision. It will make switching harder, but it will make the decision more realistic. We are fooling ourselves if we think users will just figure this out, or love us for abandoning them on old software. Mark -- Support ends dialog should auto-detect universe https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518856 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
