Ah I actually started to think of a point... Ubiquity always has problems sometimes. These few days it has become more unstable then before. I have never reported a bug in the ISO QA Tracker, but jsut these few days I reported 2. Not good.
2012/8/29 Karl Anliot <kanl...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Nicholas Skaggs > <nicholas.ska...@canonical.com> wrote: > > On 08/28/2012 09:34 AM, Anthony Byrne wrote: > >> > >> I agree with A. Grandi! The alternate installer is *much* more stable > >> than any live CD. And what about SSH installation? > >> > >> I second the community vote idea, as well. The other *buntus are very > >> likely to follow suit, so I believe in at least giving the public a > >> heads-up. > >> > >> -- > >> A. Byrne > >> > >> On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:23 AM, "a.gra...@gmail.com" <a.gra...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> On 28 August 2012 07:04, Nicholas Skaggs < > nicholas.ska...@canonical.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> FYI -- as spoken of earlier, here's the details on dropping the > >>>> alternate > >>>> installer in 12.10. Again, this is just for ubuntu, and not a decision > >>>> for > >>>> any flavors. As far as I know, no flavors have committed to dropping > the > >>>> alternate cd's. This transition will occur with the next milestone, > >>>> which is > >>>> Beta 1. As part of this, we'll need to migrate the alternate testcases > >>>> and > >>>> add new testcases in support of the new features in ubiquity. Thanks! > >>> > >>> so you have already decided? I did think there was a discussion before > >>> proceding, but it looks like this change will already take its effect > >>> starting from the next beta. Don't you think we should ask first the > >>> community what they think about? It's non sense that in less than 24 > >>> hours you start the discussion on ubuntu-devel and you have already > >>> decided for everyone. I can't get it, sorry. > >>> > >>> Let me say that this is the worst idea ever proposed! I won't be able > >>> to use Ubuntu on my desktop anymore because I'm using a RAID 1 setup > >>> and I want to do a safe installation not using some workaround later > >>> after installation and risking to loose my data. > >>> > >>> Even more, alternate install CD is the only way for some PC to > >>> complete the installation. You can't imagine how many time I had to > >>> use alternate installer because ubiquity was freezing. > >>> > >>> I really cannot understand how you can propose something that will > >>> make Ubuntu worse than it is, > >>> We're supposed to make Ubuntu BETTER not worse. > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Andrea Grandi - Nokia-DX/Tampere / Qt Ambassador > >>> Ubuntu Member: https://launchpad.net/~andreagrandi > >>> website: http://www.andreagrandi.it > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~u+1 > >>> Post to : u...@lists.launchpad.net > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~u+1 > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > As Brendan said, I would encourage those of you who have concerns to post > > them back to the ubuntu-devel list @ Steve et la for discussion. If you > > remember back to UDS, the original idea as discussed was that no > > functionality would be lost (aka, the live cd would get support for > > everything the alternate cd could do). They've come close, but RAID > support > > didn't quite happen. > > > > Note that If the alternates are dropped for ubuntu, going forward, if you > > wish to install with RAID (or simply want to use an alternative > installer) > > you still have the option of using the netboot or mini iso. > > > > > > Nicholas > > > > Ubuntu is dropping something that people love, see: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/yydbp/ubuntu_alternate_cds_could_be_dropped_for_1210/ > In favor of something that Ubuntu created. Have I seen this before? > Never mind that some percentage of people can't use the Desktop > installer. Think of it as a little surprise for new users. > </sarcasm> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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