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Re: Remove April 7th iso from unstable/ on SourceForge

 

The bug can be tracked here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169622

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:29 AM, David Gomes <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> They can't install any packages AFAIK, "broken dependencies" I believe.
>
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> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> Haha, good point, I thought about that after I hit Send.
>>
>> What errors are they having besides initrd.img not found? Cannot upgrade
>> from luna to precise? apt-get update 404s?
>>
>> I'm deleting it now that I'm near my computer.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:17 AM, David Gomes <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>>> Still, can't we please remove it? We're getting far too many people on
>>> #elementary who have installed and asking for help.
>>>
>>> Also, the iso doesn't even boot for most iso burning apps, only on
>>> Unetbootin, so it doesn't really pass the Does It Boot test either.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> It passed our standard test for unstable ISOs, "Does it boot?".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:43 AM, David Gomes <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey there,
>>>>>
>>>>> We're getting many users on #elementary complaining about broken
>>>>> package manager and PPAs on the April 7th iso. I'm not sure who uploaded a
>>>>> broken iso, but please test isos before uploading them because we're
>>>>> basically fooling users. Sure, they know it's unstable before downloading
>>>>> it, but still, we should try to be as stable as possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> tl;dr; Somebody who controls the Sourceforge page please remove latest
>>>>> uploaded iso.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> David "Munchor" Gomes
>>>>>
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>>>> Cody Garver
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>> Cody Garver
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