Any "Compellng" reason to upgrade?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:09:52AM -0400, smarttaz wrote:

> 2. Anyway, how can I tell if a mirror repository is for hoary or for
> warty?
> For instance:
> http://tinyurl.com/49pcd
> is for what?!

(that URL gives an error; apparetly the FTP server is busy, so I can't look
at it specifically)

This is (another) good reason to avoid third-party repositories.  If there
are packages there which are not in the Ubuntu repositories, we'd like to
have them in Ubuntu.

> 3. Why things in main are not put toghether in a second ISO image? If
> 'main' is supported too, and the installation CD only has 'core'
> packages, why shouldn't we be able to have a second CD Repository for
> 'main' packages?
> You know, many of us are still on modem!

A DVD image is created for this purpose; it contains all software in main.

> Also, a lot of reviewers don't even know that gcc/g++ and
> build-essentials ARE ON THE CD!! Ok, let's not install them for all the
> users, but let them know!

How do you suggest that this information could be better communicated?  It
is already in the FAQ.

-- 
 - mdz