Alpha 2 - Re-spin requested.

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

it was the PPC images that I was told would be broken, however these are
being reported as now working! It's a crazy world!

Regards,

Phill.

On 24 July 2013 07:15, Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2060 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you saying that after A2, and the current daily images are being
> respun with the new kernel? With this respin, we will not have working
> daily ISOs until sometime near the end of August? Do we still test A2 or
> just wait for beta1?
>
> Istimak Abdulbasir
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Lars
>>
>> Change of plan.... The new kernel has been released and the world (not
>> just lubuntu) is being re-spun. This kernel will not solve the PPC issues,
>> that is planned for post A2. As such, with a new kenel due to sort out some
>> fundamental issues in PPC after A2, I (having double checked with the
>> -release team) don't think that it is worth your and other PPC testers
>> valuable time on an ISO that is most unlikely to see the light of day and
>> will be fundamentally changed shortly after A2 is released.
>>
>> I appreciate that this can be frustrating, as A1 didn't work either. But,
>> on the brighter side of things - they are going to take some time to get to
>> grips with the no-go bugs from the A1 that still affect A2. The first Beta
>> is due at the end of August, I'm quietly hopeful that we will have working
>> PPC images on the daily section well before then.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>> On 23 July 2013 18:39, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 23.07.2013 20:34, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>> > ... PPC has been suspended for A2.
>>>
>>> So we shouldn't download and try it this time around?  Should we wait
>>> and try one of the daily builds one A2 is over and done with?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> /Lars
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