On Fri, 2007-20-04 at 14:02 +0000, Andrew Hunter wrote: > I think it is reasonable to expect a user to remove anything they added > to something like the sources.list if they are competent enough to put > it their in the first place.
Yes and no. Automatix adds a fair bit, for example, without real user intervention. Increasingly we are seeing scripts--designed to make Ubuntu easier for non-specialists to use--that automatically modify configuration files like sources.list. In my view this is to be applauded--the most important part of "Just Works" is that users shouldn't have to involve themselves with configuration files to do basic and predictable tasks. This is a pan-Ubuntu approach--see the various discussions we've been having about the xorg configuration file and wide-screen monitors. It is not hard to produce a mod line and insert it in xorg.conf--but you shouldn't have to. It is especially important that this be done at upgrade and installation, IMO. This is the whole point behind the automatic notice in the upgrade manager that a new distribution is available. It is also not hard to type apt-get dist-upgrade at a console: but we use update manager because it is more user oriented and the task is extremely predictable. -- Dist-upgrade Edgy-->Feisty has incorrect URL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107752 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
