Hi all, On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Tim <dark...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > 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 > > Added: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME > >> > >> 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 > Please take the time to read and check. If anything is wrong, confusing, not clear, etc etc .. please edit and/or get back to me if needed :) Thank you, everyone and specially Lance for all the great support! -- Best Regards, Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> http://torios.org - http://amjjawad.net <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME>
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