Bug Squad and a lot of asks to update BIOS

[Phil Wyett]

On Mon, 2013-08-12 at 11:51 -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> 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

There are so many instances it would be hard to name 1. My email for the
'ubuntu-bugs' list goes back to 2013-07-28 and there are > 300 instances
of BIOS update requests to users if I do a search for the string "update
is available for your BIOS".

Regards

Phil


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