EOL announcements

[Wouter Stomp]

On 10/31/06, t u <towsonu2003 at gmail.com> wrote:

> what if:
> a last upgrade would change the desktop background with an ugly-looking
> message: "this release is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to a
> later Ubuntu release to protect your system against security threads."
>
> would this work? the publicity will go straight to Desktop users, who
> are the ones most likely unaware of maintenance schedules.
>

Or a little more subtle: a balloon popping up from the notification
area telling about the EOL with a link with instructions how to
upgrade.

Wouter