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[Anthony Byrne <anthony@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with A. Grandi! The alternate installer is *much* more stable
than any live CD. And what about SSH installation?

I second the community vote idea, as well. The other *buntus are very
likely to follow suit, so I believe in at least giving the public a
heads-up.

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A. Byrne

On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:23 AM, "a.grandi@xxxxxxxxx" <a.grandi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 28 August 2012 07:04, Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.skaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> FYI -- as spoken of earlier, here's the details on dropping the alternate
>> installer in 12.10. Again, this is just for ubuntu, and not a decision for
>> any flavors. As far as I know, no flavors have committed to dropping the
>> alternate cd's. This transition will occur with the next milestone, which is
>> Beta 1. As part of this, we'll need to migrate the alternate testcases and
>> add new testcases in support of the new features in ubiquity. Thanks!
>
> so you have already decided? I did think there was a discussion before
> proceding, but it looks like this change will already take its effect
> starting from the next beta. Don't you think we should ask first the
> community what they think about? It's non sense that in less than 24
> hours you start the discussion on ubuntu-devel and you have already
> decided for everyone. I can't get it, sorry.
>
> Let me say that this is the worst idea ever proposed! I won't be able
> to use Ubuntu on my desktop anymore because I'm using a RAID 1 setup
> and I want to do a safe installation not using some workaround later
> after installation and risking to loose my data.
>
> Even more, alternate install CD is the only way for some PC to
> complete the installation. You can't imagine how many time I had to
> use alternate installer because ubiquity was freezing.
>
> I really cannot understand how you can propose something that will
> make Ubuntu worse than it is,
> We're supposed to make Ubuntu BETTER not worse.
>
> Best regards,
>
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> Andrea Grandi - Nokia-DX/Tampere / Qt Ambassador
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