Suggestion for new upgrade notices on kubuntu.com

[Fintan]

After the last spate of difficult upgrades to kde4.4 in karmic I would suggest the following:

Instead of:

Packages for the final release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4 are available.

Users of the Lucid development release can upgrade to the newest packages.

Users of our stable 9.10 release can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

If you have used Virtuoso 5.0.12 you should consider installing the "virtuosoconverter" package which will convert your existing Virtuoso data to the new format.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

How about something like this:

Packages for the final release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4 are available.

Users of the Lucid development release can upgrade to the newest packages.

Users of our stable 9.10 release can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA when they have been finished. We will keep you posted.

If you have used Virtuoso 5.0.12 you should consider installing the "virtuosoconverter" package which will convert your existing Virtuoso data to the new format.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

Or something to that effect.

What do you think?

[sithlord48]

Re: Suggestion for new upgrade notices on kubuntu.com

that would stop some some people from upgrading ... or they could hold the news release untill its up and finished.

or put up some thing like

The Kde 4.4 sc packages have started to be added to the backports ppa. for user who have this repo enabled it is recommended to wait untill they have all finished being before upgrading any packages.
we will keep you informed.

either way at least its stated that the packages are not finished .