[Ubuntugnome-qa] Download page (or release notes) and 14.04.2 HWE

[Ali/amjjawad]

Hi all,

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm> wrote:

>
> On 19/02/15 04:40, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> > On 06/02/2015 01:49, Erick Brunzell wrote:
> >> I've just been thinking ...............
> >>
> >> A lot of Ubuntu Precise users were incredibly dismayed to find out
> >> that if they installed Precise with 12.04.2, 12.04.3, or 12.04.4
> >> images they ended up in HWE EOL sooner than if they'd installed using
> >> the archived 12.04.1 images. There was no mention of HWE or HWE EOL on
> >> the Ubuntu downloads page at that time.
> >>
> >> Now lets forget about Ubuntu and Precise and move onto Ubuntu GNOME
> >> and 14.04.2. The general Ubuntu documentation regarding LTS HWE should
> >> suffice:
> >>
> >>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2BAC8-Support.A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support
> >>
> >>
> >> Take note that Ubuntu GNOME Trusty installed with either the 14.04 or
> >> 14.04.1 images will be supported throughout April 2017, and do NOT
> >> require an HWE upgrade, whereas Ubuntu GNOME Trusty installed with
> >> either the 14.04.2, 14.04.3 or 14.04.4 images will only be supported
> >> until August 2016 at which point they'd require an HWE upgrade to the
> >> 16.04 kernel and Xstack.
> >>
> >> Confused yet? No page exists for Trusty HWE EOL yet but the procedure
> >> will likely be similar to that for Precise:
> Yes we should document this on our download page, and hopefully make it
> less confusing than the official docs!
>
> Tim
>
>
Added:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME


> >>
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL
> >>
> >> So I'm slightly tempted to say our download page should make a brief
> >> mention of that - something to the effect of:
> >>
> >> Users not requiring the latest hardware support may wish to use the
> >> archived 14.04.1 installation media in order to avoid HWE EOL in
> >> August 2016. (with embedded links to HWE info and the archived images)
> >>
> >> BUT (caps because it's a huge but) both 14.04 and 14.04.1 had a
> >> horrific installer bug that resulted in dual/multi-booters losing
> >> their Windows installations and data:
> >>
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192
> >>
> >> Thankfully that is fixed in 14.04.2.
> >>
> >> So my personal thoughts = I think I'd rather deal with people being
> >> slightly upset over reaching HWE EOL 8 months earlier than Ubuntu
> >> GNOME Trusty itself reaches EOL than recommend anyone use the soon to
> >> be archived 14.04.1 media because of that nasty installer bug.
> >>
> >> What does everyone else think?
> >>
> >> Lance
> >>
> > Hi Lance,
> >
> > I'm suprised no one has responded to this yet. I think it is kind of
> > important to mention it in the release notes and/or download page.
> > Ali/Tim what do you think?
> >
>
>
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Please take the time to read and check. If anything is wrong, confusing,
not clear, etc etc .. please edit and/or get back to me if needed :)

Thank you, everyone and specially Lance for all the great support!

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