On 19/02/15 04:40, Bruce Pieterse wrote: > On 06/02/2015 01:49, Erick Brunzell wrote: >> I've just been thinking ............... >> >> A lot of Ubuntu Precise users were incredibly dismayed to find out >> that if they installed Precise with 12.04.2, 12.04.3, or 12.04.4 >> images they ended up in HWE EOL sooner than if they'd installed using >> the archived 12.04.1 images. There was no mention of HWE or HWE EOL on >> the Ubuntu downloads page at that time. >> >> Now lets forget about Ubuntu and Precise and move onto Ubuntu GNOME >> and 14.04.2. The general Ubuntu documentation regarding LTS HWE should >> suffice: >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2BAC8-Support.A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support >> >> >> Take note that Ubuntu GNOME Trusty installed with either the 14.04 or >> 14.04.1 images will be supported throughout April 2017, and do NOT >> require an HWE upgrade, whereas Ubuntu GNOME Trusty installed with >> either the 14.04.2, 14.04.3 or 14.04.4 images will only be supported >> until August 2016 at which point they'd require an HWE upgrade to the >> 16.04 kernel and Xstack. >> >> Confused yet? No page exists for Trusty HWE EOL yet but the procedure >> will likely be similar to that for Precise: Yes we should document this on our download page, and hopefully make it less confusing than the official docs!
Tim >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL >> >> So I'm slightly tempted to say our download page should make a brief >> mention of that - something to the effect of: >> >> Users not requiring the latest hardware support may wish to use the >> archived 14.04.1 installation media in order to avoid HWE EOL in >> August 2016. (with embedded links to HWE info and the archived images) >> >> BUT (caps because it's a huge but) both 14.04 and 14.04.1 had a >> horrific installer bug that resulted in dual/multi-booters losing >> their Windows installations and data: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192 >> >> Thankfully that is fixed in 14.04.2. >> >> So my personal thoughts = I think I'd rather deal with people being >> slightly upset over reaching HWE EOL 8 months earlier than Ubuntu >> GNOME Trusty itself reaches EOL than recommend anyone use the soon to >> be archived 14.04.1 media because of that nasty installer bug. >> >> What does everyone else think? >> >> Lance >> > Hi Lance, > > I'm suprised no one has responded to this yet. I think it is kind of > important to mention it in the release notes and/or download page. > Ali/Tim what do you think? > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-qa Post to : ubuntugnome-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
