talk about screwing the pooch!

[Orville Bennett]

Martin T. Sandsmark wrote:
> On Tuesday 18. August 2009 14:36:33 Orville Bennett wrote:
>> So you really do expect users to check what the new version of the
>> distro they're installing to: check what new version (if any) will be
>> installed, go to the website for each one, hunt down the changelog, and
>> then manually select whether or not they're going to install that
>> particular package (and don't forget any libraries it pulls in which
>> aren't removed when you unselect the parent program)

Oh, and they're supposed to do this how when updating kubuntu. Last I 
checked you got the option to upgrade or not.

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> Debian collects information about major upgrades and potential issues¹, that
> users are expected to at least glance through before upgrading.
Eh? What's that got to do w/ the price o' tea in China?
btw you forgot the most important part of the mail. I put it back for 
you. ;-)

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> ¹: http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/amd64/release-notes/index.en.html
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