We clearly need to fix this in the manual. I think this qualifies for an exception, just like other issues that will come up between now and Lucid's release that we could not know about.
-ilya On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Kevin Godby <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like the default search provider will be Google for 10.04 and > not Yahoo as previously mentioned. > > What should we do RE: string freeze on this issue? > > --Kevin > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rick Spencer <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:31 PM > Subject: Follow up to Default Search Provider Changes for 10.04 > To: ubuntu-devel <[email protected]>, Ubuntu Desktop > Discussion <[email protected]> > > > Each release we determine the best default web browser and the best > default search engine for Ubuntu. When choosing the best default search > provider, we consider factors such as user experience, user preferences, > and costs and benefits for Ubuntu and the browsers and other projects > that make up Ubuntu. Up until Ubuntu 9.10 these defaults have always > been Firefox and Google. Earlier in the 10.04 cycle I announced that we > would be changing the default search provider to Yahoo!, and we > implemented that change for several milestones. > > However, for the final release, we will use Google as the default > provider. I have asked the Ubuntu Desktop team to change the default > back to Google as soon as reasonably possible, but certainly by final > freeze on April 15th. > > It was not our intention to "flap" between providers, but the underlying > circumstances can change unpredictably. In this case, choosing Google > will be familiar to everybody upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 and the > change will only be visible to those who have been part of the > development cycle for 10.04. > > Cheers, Rick > > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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