notification of new version

[Wouter van Vliet / Interpotential]

On 2010-10-15 12:42, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:06 AM, R Kimber<richardkimber at btinternet.com>  wrote:
>> I was wondering how someone who isn't subscribed to this or a related list,
>> and who doesn't spend time visiting Ubuntu websites, know that there's a
>> new version released?  Update manager used to do this, but so far it has
>> failed to alert me to the new version. I've had two or three normal updates
>> of 10.04 stuff since 10.10 was released. Does it wait for a specified time
>> after release before alerting people?
> By default, LTS releases will only pormpt you to upgrade to another
> LTS release. See the change to "normal releases" in
> "https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2010-October/230732.html"
>
I think the point Richard makes is quite valid, I don't think many 
"n00b" users would know what LTS means, or that they can change it at all.