New spec: Configuration files upgrades made easier

2007-11-19 Thread Paul Dufresne
This is to inform you of a new specification, beginning to be drafted: Configuration files upgrades made easier Summary: When upgrading a package for which you have made changes, intelligently merge old configuration file, with the new one, rather then choosing the old one or the new one. https:/

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Am Sonntag, den 18.11.2007, 08:34 -0500 schrieb Patrick: > I see it now. I never noticed it there. Is there any reason it cannot > also be placed under the right click too?-Patrick I don't think that this is a very often needed feature. We want to keep the menu short. signature.asc Description:

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread Patrick
I spent several hours last week writing emails regarding making improvements to how packages are configured and how tutorials are done. I realize now that writing "helper scripts" that would be a hybrid of an installation script and a tutorial might not be the best way to get the job done. It

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
On Nov 20, 2007, at 2:19 AM, Patrick wrote: ... It would be much better if the "configure" option would take care of this and perhaps the "help and support" area search results provided specific links to useful Ubuntu specific online information. I am disappointed that my efforts have come to no

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread Patrick
-Ubuntu documentation is so much better then it used to be, I don't think it is lacking in terms of the casual user. -I am not having trouble searching for documentation. -These usability tests are nice but not quite applicable to the concerns I have. -

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
On Nov 20, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Patrick wrote: ... We should be putting forth what Ubuntu can do that Windows cannot. It is the ability to set up so many services and customize so many things that makes it amazing. Most of this still needs to be done at the terminal though. People need to be able

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread Patrick
indeed I am unsure of how to contribute. It would seem that I could take the prize for both the longest and most poorly written emails as the feedback I am receiving is disconnected from the message I was sending. To summarize my long winded emails: Ubuntu is the ultimate OS for the power user

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-19 Thread randall
Patrick wrote: > indeed I am unsure of how to contribute. > > It would seem that I could take the prize for both the longest and most > poorly written emails as the feedback I am receiving is disconnected > from the message I was sending. > > To summarize my long winded emails: > > Ubuntu is the