Diff: Major simplification of "About Ubuntu" section

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On Mar 1, 2007, at 8:29 PM, Matthew East wrote:
> ...
> There are significant issues with removing "About Ubuntu". I tried it
> early in the release cycle and then remembered that there is a menu
> entry pointing to it.

Ah, crud. So there is.

> What do you propose we should do with that menu entry?

In the long run, make it launch <https://launchpad.net/about-window> 
instead. :-)

In the short run, as an alternative to my patch, could "About Ubuntu" 
be excised from the Ubuntu Help table of contents, while still being 
accessible as a standalone entity from its System menu item?

> Also, can you describe the rationale for removing most of the material
> in that document? We probably ought to run it past Mark, since he wrote
> most of that.
> ...

The rationale is that it's not help. People browsing the help *might* 
be idly interested in where this Ubuntu thing comes from, but it seems 
pretty implausible.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/