Release notes for 16.04

[Tim]

On 02/05/16 21:08, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Narcis Garcia <informatica at actiu.net <mailto:informatica at actiu.net>> wrote:
>
>     For same reason, if there is no notable differences between 15.10 and
>     16.04, then it could be pointless to upgrade. Same (or more) for 14.04 ?
>
>     I think sej's ask has sense.
>     There must be good reasons to decide upgrade.
>
>
> As long as people refuse to read, such Qs will forever be asked no matter how many times we keep repeating ourselves.
Ali, that is quite unfair, they raised a valid point, in that we don't really document many of the upstream changes. No amount of reading our
release notes is going to help them know, what has changed in core Ubuntu or GNOME!
>
> http://ubuntugnome.org/to-upgrade-or-not-to-upgrade/
>
> Which can be found here by the way:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#Upgrading_from_last_release
>
> As for the technical side, anyone can easily compare between:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#Features_of_Ubuntu_GNOME_16.04_LTS
>
> and
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#Features_of_Ubuntu_GNOME_15.10
>
> So the argument of:
> "Should I upgrade?"
> "What is the difference between 15.10 and 16.04 LTS?"
> and similar Qs ...
> is really pointless and invalid.
>
> The answer to all these Qs is one word: read.
>
> There is another way the marketing team or others might consider to do to help:
>
>  1. Create an info-graphic.
>  2. Create  a video.
>  3. Write an article.
>
> Since none of the above is available, the old school approach is to *read* the release notes and compare it to the previous one manually.
> Sorry, I am the only one who is maintaining the wiki pages and there is no way I could make the world as perfect as one might think it is ...
> nothing is perfect to begin with :)
>
>
>
> As for bugs, same applied - nothing is perfect.
>
> With each and every release, bugs will be there. NO WAY we can eliminate all of these bugs for one simple and good reason:
>
> 6 months cycle is not long enough to get rid of all the bugs.
>
> Above all, we have limited human resources.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>
>
>     El 01/05/16 a les 14:46, Ali/amjjawad ha escrit:
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 10:43 PM, sej <sej.pretz at gmail.com <mailto:sej.pretz at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:sej.pretz at gmail.com <mailto:sej.pretz at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hello everyone,
>     >
>     >
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     Can someone guide me to a place where I can find changes between 15.10
>     >     and 16.04 of Ubuntu GNOME. Googling didn't really get me anywhere.
>     >
>     >
>     > 15.10 will reach EOL in few month. So, it's really pointless to spend
>     > time over that IMHO.
>     >
>     >
>     >     Thanks
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks for your message :)
>     >
>     >
>     >     sej
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>     > You can simply read the release notes of 15.10 and then read the release
>     > notes of 16.04 ;)
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