Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] Download page (or release notes) and 14.04.2 HWE

["Ali/amjjawad" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Bruce Pieterse <dev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 06/02/2015 01:49, Erick Brunzell wrote:
> I've just been thinking ...............
>
> A lot of Ubuntu Precise users were incredibly dismayed to find out
> that if they installed Precise with 12.04.2, 12.04.3, or 12.04.4
> images they ended up in HWE EOL sooner than if they'd installed using
> the archived 12.04.1 images. There was no mention of HWE or HWE EOL on
> the Ubuntu downloads page at that time.
>
> Now lets forget about Ubuntu and Precise and move onto Ubuntu GNOME
> and 14.04.2. The general Ubuntu documentation regarding LTS HWE should
> suffice:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Kernel.2BAC8-Support.A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support
>
>
> Take note that Ubuntu GNOME Trusty installed with either the 14.04 or
> 14.04.1 images will be supported throughout April 2017, and do NOT
> require an HWE upgrade, whereas Ubuntu GNOME Trusty installed with
> either the 14.04.2, 14.04.3 or 14.04.4 images will only be supported
> until August 2016 at which point they'd require an HWE upgrade to the
> 16.04 kernel and Xstack.
>
> Confused yet? No page exists for Trusty HWE EOL yet but the procedure
> will likely be similar to that for Precise:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL
>
> So I'm slightly tempted to say our download page should make a brief
> mention of that - something to the effect of:
>
> Users not requiring the latest hardware support may wish to use the
> archived 14.04.1 installation media in order to avoid HWE EOL in
> August 2016. (with embedded links to HWE info and the archived images)
>
> BUT (caps because it's a huge but) both 14.04 and 14.04.1 had a
> horrific installer bug that resulted in dual/multi-booters losing
> their Windows installations and data:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192
>
> Thankfully that is fixed in 14.04.2.
>
> So my personal thoughts = I think I'd rather deal with people being
> slightly upset over reaching HWE EOL 8 months earlier than Ubuntu
> GNOME Trusty itself reaches EOL than recommend anyone use the soon to
> be archived 14.04.1 media because of that nasty installer bug.
>
> What does everyone else think?
>
> Lance
>

Hi Lance,

Hi everyone and good morning from here :)
 

I'm suprised no one has responded to this yet.

When real life gives you no other choice but to focus and follow up with her, you would not be surprised any more :)
I have my own battle in real life that no one can help me with except myself so I'm fighting alone (kind of) and must win that battle no matter what.

I know I've been far from action this cycle but that's the tax that a volunteer needs to pay (real life) which will affect his/her contribution.

 

I think it is kind of
important to mention it in the release notes and/or download page.
Ali/Tim what do you think?

I'll be waiting for Tim's feedback before editing anything.

Editing a Wiki page and/or any other channel is not hard at all and can be done at anytime by anyone. But I always appreciate if we discuss before doing anything. A discussion has been made, it is my fault that I didn't reply earlier.

 

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