Notifying end-users when support is no more

[Jan Claeys]

Op dinsdag 02-01-2007 om 22:25 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Francesco
Fumanti:
> >Fumanti:
> >>  There should however be a way for the user to get definitively rid of
> >>  the update notification, even if he does not update!
> >>
> >>  Consider for example a person using Ubuntu on a machine that is
> >>  always offline and that offers to him a system that does all that he
> >>  wants. As he wants to keep the system as it is, he should have the
> >>  opportunity to dismiss the upgrade notification forever.
> >
> >Such a system wouldn't "know" that it is out-of-support, so there
> >wouldn't be a notification bubble...   ;-)
> 
> Why does such a system not know it?
> Is the end of support based on the date? 

In theory a release is supported for a fixed period, but I don't think
it's a good idea to hard-code that period.


-- 
Jan Claeys