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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

2014-04-15 11:53, Lars Noodén skrev:
> On 04/15/2014 11:42 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> 2014-04-15 10:35, Lars Noodén skrev:
>>> Moving to QA...
>>>
>>> On 04/15/2014 01:32 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>>> 14.04 is now in final release testing, please head over to
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing for further details as to
>>>> how to
>>>> grab it early and help test it!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Phill.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.  I'm about to look at the Desktop PPC image which has had a red
>>> bug.  A work-around is to purge the package ubiquity-slideshow-lubuntu
>>> from the live session.  This package is not essential to the
>>> installation process yet causes the installation to fail rather
>>> catastrophically (after the disk is erased).  Someone did a drive-by on
>>> Launchpad and killed the possibility of the package getting fixed by
>>> changing the priority from Critical to High.  However, it still prevents
>>> installation, since December or so.
>>>
>>> As a work-around, can we get the package ubiquity-slideshow-lubuntu
>>> removed from the "Lubuntu Desktop powerpc" image for the release?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> /Lars
>>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I support your suggestion
>>
>> - for the work-around to remove the slideshow from Lubuntu Desktop
>> powerpc
>>
>> - for the efforts to squash the bug itself.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
> Solved.  I guess I wrote too soon.
> 
> It's not mentioned in Launchpad, that I can find, bu I just tested the
> latest Desktop PPC image and the slideshow has been  removed and now the
> installation progresses smoothly through to completion!!
> 
> /Lars
> 

It is nice with positive surprises :-)