2 questions about ubuntu + offering

[Xan]

Dilluns 28 Febrer 2005 18:00, en/na Matt Zimmerman (<Matt Zimmerman 
<mdz at ubuntu.com>>) va escriure:
>>Re: 2 questions about ubuntu + offering
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 02:19:05PM +0100, Xan wrote:
> > I have two questions:
> >
> > 1) I tried Hoary live-cd array-5 and when I put usb key, it detects me
> > the usb key and mounts me it (I tested previous versions and it's the
> > first that do correctly). But I don't watch any user friendly way to
> > umount
> > that, ie to leave safely the usb key.
> >
> > Is it a way to extract usb keys when ubuntu mounts that, without login as
> > root?. If don't, I think it's a good thing to put on ubuntu, overall for
> > novice users as me.
>
> An icon should appear on the desktop, which you can right-click to unmount
> the device.  If that icon does not appear, it may be a bug (though, try the
> latest daily live CD before reporting such a bug, as it works for me
> there).

This icon does not appear.
I could try it, but I can't get the .iso file as soon as want (I have a 
limited bandwith: 52Kbps)

>
> Unfortunately, it often doesn't work, due to inotify being disabled (in
> turn, due to inotify being unstable).  The user gets a "device is busy"
> message.  The best way to address this problem is to move to inotify, but
> it is not yet stable enough.

A big bug so.

>
> > 2) In Debian ftp, there is a link to unstable version. (unstable points
> > always to unstable version). In ubuntu it does not exist, isn't?. Could
> > you put unstable link to unstable version (now Hoary, then
> > GrumpyGroundhog, ...)
> >
> > It's useful for people who want to be always in development version.
>
> This is reasonable, though I think we should call it something else, in
> order to avoid confusion with Debian's unstable.
>
> Ideas?
>
> > So, If you want that I test some critical releases, I'm charmed to do
> > that.
>
> Any testing that you can perform is greatly appreciated, both of the daily
> installation and live CDs, and the "array" milestone releases.  When we are
> preparing a milestone release, generally a mini-announcement will be made
> on the mailing lists and IRC, requesting additional testing of a milestone
> candidate.

The problem is that I have no high bandwith. So I can't test all that I want 
to test. Perhaps I concentrate in pre-release candidate version.

>
> > PS: Perhaps a good thing is to put some reference into wiki of
> > betatesters (as gnoppix do into webpage)
>
> I think that would be a great idea; we would like to have formal test plans
> for most of the testing that should be done with release candidates.

And it could be good too that you have a "installation report" for those 
betatesters.

If you announce request for beta-testers, I think a lot of people add to that 
request (ubuntu has a growth popularity (for real reasons)), so you have a 
more complete bug database....

If you do, perhaps I will add to that betatesters list.

>
> --
>  - mdz