[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Discs

[David Robert Lewis]

Phillip Pare wrote:
> Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
>   
>> Hi Ubuntu-ZA (we need a nicer name to refer to our members!)
>>
>> I've CC'd the list on our Jaunty discs request. I also put up a wiki
>> page where everyone can enter their requests:
>>
>> http://wiki.ubuntu-za.org/Jaunty_CD%27s
>>
>> ...cut ....
>>   
>>     
> I have two questions:
>
> Firstly: Is there any plan to update all freedom toasters with the 
> Jaunty release?
>
> Secondly: I have never seen a complete set of all  the Ubuntu and 
> Medibuntu repositories available on the Freedom Toasters. What would be 
> required to implement this? I ask as the question of bandwidth costs 
> comes up regularly. I have used aptoncd to backup all my updates but I 
> still run into a dependency hell when trying to use these aptoncd's to 
> update other computers. If the Freedom toasters were reguarly updated 
> then I could make frequent copies of the repositories and avoid these 
> dependency problems.
> My most recent problem arose when trying to upgrade some Hardy systems 
> with OpenOffice 3.0. Problems arose with uno-libs3; libslport4.6c2; 
> libraptor1; librasqalo; librasqalo; librdfo; ure; dictionaries-common 
> and python-uno amongst others. At times I have had considerable problems 
> with the correct version of libpango. At the moment I am using the 
> 2.6.24-23-generic kernel with the 8.04 (Hardy LTS) release.
>
> Regards
>
> Phillip
>
>
>   
I second this. Ubuntu assumes that everyone is connected to the Internet 
and that you have access to bandwidth, especially in South Africa. I 
would also like to see a central place for checking correct third-party 
repo details and maintaining keys. Since there is exponential growth in 
the Ubuntu community (and I am coming across new ubuntu sites on a daily 
basis) it is difficult to keep up and to maintain security.

PS: I downloaded a Jaunty Beta and it doesn't look all that different. 
Still no reason to upgrade from Hardy LTS?