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[Ilya Haykinson <haykinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

We clearly need to fix this in the manual. I think this qualifies for an
exception, just like other issues that will come up between now and Lucid's
release that we could not know about.

-ilya

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It looks like the default search provider will be Google for 10.04 and
> not Yahoo as previously mentioned.
>
> What should we do RE: string freeze on this issue?
>
> --Kevin
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rick Spencer <rick.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:31 PM
> Subject: Follow up to Default Search Provider Changes for 10.04
> To: ubuntu-devel <ubuntu-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ubuntu Desktop
> Discussion <ubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Each release we determine the best default web browser and the best
> default search engine for Ubuntu. When choosing the best default search
> provider, we consider factors such as user experience, user preferences,
> and costs and benefits for Ubuntu and the browsers and other projects
> that make up Ubuntu. Up until Ubuntu 9.10 these defaults have always
> been Firefox and Google. Earlier in the 10.04 cycle I announced that we
> would be changing the default search provider to Yahoo!, and we
> implemented that change for several milestones.
>
> However, for the final release, we will use Google as the default
> provider. I have asked the Ubuntu Desktop team to change the default
> back to Google as soon as reasonably possible, but certainly by final
> freeze on April 15th.
>
> It was not our intention to "flap" between providers, but the underlying
> circumstances can change unpredictably. In this case, choosing Google
> will be familiar to everybody upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 and the
> change will only be visible to those who have been part of the
> development cycle for 10.04.
>
> Cheers, Rick
>
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