Bug Squad and a lot of asks to update BIOS

[Brian Murray]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 06:37:10AM +0100, Phil Wyett wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-08-10 at 11:56 +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > * Phil Wyett (one.ukit at gmail.com) wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Is it now policy with certain bugs, for the user to be asked to update
> > > their BIOS? It seems to happening a heck of a lot these days. With the
> > > inherent danger of BIOS updates and that Ubuntu (Linux for Human Beings)
> > > has users that are not that technically minded or would shy away from
> > > such an update - Should it being happening so often?
> > 
> > Yeh I've had a few of those - and I agree it's dangerous.
> > There are bugs that might very well be fixed by a new BIOS,
> > but it does need some careful consideration.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> 
> Dangerous I agree and often a point of fear with users. It would be nice
> if people doing this on bug reports could add a note.
> 
> "Please do not feel pressured or required to perform the suggested BIOS
> update yourself if you are not comfortable with doing so. You may wish
> to consult a local I.T. professional, who can advise and possibly
> perform such an update for you in exchange for a fee."
> 
> Or something like that... :-)

That sounds like a good suggestion to me, what packages / bugs have seen
the comments to update your BIOS on?

Thanks! 
--
Brian Murray