On Saturday, May 29, 2010, Joachim Langenbach <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that's totally correct! > > And from my point of view, really many people don't read release notes
This is very true. I don't know what percent of users currently read the release notes before upgrading, but I know that a very tiny percent of computer users as a whole do. > (including me). This are espacially new and unfamiliar users, but also other > users, who think, if they release an update, it would work on most machines > and of course every user thinks, that he owns such a pc. Another point is, > that unfamiliar users may don't understand the notes either (I don't know, > because I don't have read them ever, not the gentoo ones, not ubuntu ones). > > But such a system has the advantage, that really nobody can say afterwards, > hey, you didn't mentioned, that it wouldn't work after the upgrade. I think this is a great idea, and I'm sorry I didn't reply earlIer. Having a simple method to parse the release notes and check for possible known issues before proceeding with the upgrade (or even a straight install) would almost certainly save users a lot of headaches. Including this tool as part of the windows-autorun app on the CD would probably also be a good idea, if a lot more work. Cheers, Evan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
