No, I don't expect --no-migration-assistant to be that discoverable, though I have noticed that when people do have an issue with m-a, they'll go to the forums where they're told to run ubiquity with this option, and not told to file a bug.
Gutsy is drawing near and it's quite late in the cycle to make such a significant change to the UI (assuming I could convince the release manager to let me make it in the first place), the only option as this point seems to be: 1. Fix as many m-a bugs over the next few days as possible. This should not be difficult as there are many duplicates and I am already aware of the the cause of the bugs where log files are posted. 2. Make sure as I fix bugs that exceptions and other traps are added so that if m-a fails in any way, the install can proceed. This is already done in several areas. You'll notice that if an import routine crashes, it does not crash the installer. I am still not behind the idea of adding the prompt. It somewhat goes against the Ubuntu principal of presenting a reasonable set of defaults rather than popping up a bunch of question dialogs in the user's face. Once migration-assistant is stable it would simply be a duplication of clicking next past the m-a page, and I am quite confident that m-a will be stable upon the final release. I also think that m-a's current location is best, as it is closely tied to creating users (the next page). They can already choose whether or not to import by clicking next past the m-a page. There is also a specification that I am set to work on for Hardy where users will also be able to run an independent migration-assistant program from their desktop. But we'll see where that ends up when tasks are prioritized after UDS Boston. To sum up, I simply don't think it's reasonable to work around bugs with UI changes. No worries I am not questioning your appreciation for my work or Ubuntu. As I said in the original post, I completely understand your frustration and I am well aware that if the final release goes out and someone cannot get through the install for whatever reason, it will sour them to Ubuntu, which is why my time has been almost entirely focused on bug fixing. -- Proposal: Make migration entirely optional https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149584 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
