<div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Has anybody considered simply removing the words "Release Candidate" from the splash screen? </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">So far, the countless emails on this topic seem to point out the shock and confusion that a new user will experience when seeing "Release Candidate". The emails seem to try and extend this reasoning to make points about the exception process, the getdeb project and the philosophy of "Ubuntu" as a whole. Whatever my view on the rest of the issues (the debate on which seems to generate a lot of noise while progressing very little), I can see that it isn't very professional to have something labelled "Release Candidate" in the default install when the final version is available. Is there any reason that we cannot just wipe off those words? I appreciate that the included version is not the final version, but with the patches that Ubuntu includes, it isn't really the release candidate either. Worst case scenario, we could have the splash screen without the RC, but with an "Ubuntu version" comment. Regards, Aaron -- FSF Associate Member: 5632 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com"> Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div> If you just change the splash screen and you are not providing a fix which is listed on the widely announced final release and which is experienced by an user, someone is cheating, either there will be a complain to the GIMP devs for providing improper information on the version changes, or to the Ubuntu devs for deliberately faking an "almost" final release for the single user trust purpose, I do not believe that is upstream's friendly. -- João Pinto IRC: Lamego @ <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> Jabber ID: <a href="mailto:lamego.pinto@gmail.com">lamego.pinto@gmail.com</a> GetDeb Project Manager - <a href="http://www.getdeb.net"> http://www.getdeb.net</a>