Espresso is now Ubuiquity

Jordan Mantha mantha at chem.unr.edu
Fri Apr 28 04:40:00 UTC 2006


lloyd at foolswisdom.com wrote:
> On 4/27/06, Jordan Mantha <jordan.mantha at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/27/06, Matt Galvin <matt.t.galvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity
>>> It might be best to simply refer to it as something like "the Ubuntu
>>> Installer" or something similar so that we don't have to worry about
>>> the name changing. Additionally the name "Ubiquity" does not even hint
>>> at the applications real functionality.
>> In that case I would do something like "the Graphical Ubuntu
>> Installer, ubiquity," to distinguish it from the text-based installer.
>> I agree that the name really doesn't give much info to the reader but
>> they will want to know the name if the try to file a bug report.
> 
> Graphical differentiates it enough, including code names in user
> documentation is not appropriate.

Well, it isn't a code name, it is the package name, which people will
need to know if they need to file a bug. It would be helpful for people
to know what the graphical installer's name is.

-Jordan




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