[Hoary] Upgrade notes

[Michael Scottaline]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:36:05 +0700, Brian Durant
<globetrotterdk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:11:24 +0100, Petri Pennanen <suvarin at home.se> wrote:
> 
> > Since I didn't have Ubuntu-desktop installed I missed a few
> > new packages, but that was easy to fix later.
> 
> Great job on the upgrade notes! This issue with the ubuntu-desktop
> while minor, really needs to get dealt with. In my personal opinion it
> should be considered a bug. I know it is just a meta package, but how
> many people remember what it was that they installed, that forced them
> to dump ubuntu-desktop? Who knows how many packages this will affect
> for those waiting until Hoary comes out of beta? 
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But Hoary IS in beta (or perhaps, somewhere between alpha and beta). 
NO ONE should even be considering running Hoary unless they have some
experience in linux already and an understanding that things might not
work just so, out of the box.  The idea behind ubuntu empowering folks
to run frequent updates of Hoary is precisely to help out with bug
reports and such, I would imagine.  If someone is fairly new to
Linux/Unix, and unsure of how to edit config files or google for
repair tips, it should be made VERY clear that they may want to wait
for the offcial release of Hoary before risking an upgrade.  Upgrade
with caution, understanding the risks, or stick with Warty which is a
fine version and quite stable.  A six month upgrade cycle should be
fast enough for most users, no??
Just my US$0.02  ;-)
Mike
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