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: > > 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? -- All the best, Bruce FSF Member 10674 / The FSF is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom / Join the Free Software Foundation: http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=10674 -- 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
