.. in the #ubuntu-release-party irc channel on freenode.
- “Are we there yet?”
- “When is <insert_release_code_name> out?”
- “How many hours until it’s out?”
- “What’s the _exact_ time of the release?”
- “Has anything changed between the RC and release?”
- “Where is the best place to find out exactly when it’s released!?”
- “Give me the link!”
- “Canonical is in the Isle of Man, what timezone are they on!?”
- “Is the release time in GMT, UTC or BST!?”
- “The countdown thing says it’s out, but I can’t find it!”
- “(url) of mirror – they have it!”
- “Will KDE4 be in the release?”
- “But in my timezone, it will be Friday 25th!”
- “Why isn’t Mark Shuttleworth here?”
- “Is the version on the mirror, the real version?”
- “Can I upgrade to Intrepid Ibex now?”
- “C’mon guys, I’ve been waiting here all day to start the download!”
- “How long until Zany Zebra?”
- “Ubuntu sucks!”
Did I miss any?
Update: Seems I did:-
12:42:59 < Amaranth> Last minute update guys: We've delayed the release 6 weeks
12:43:11 < Amaranth> Please come back in 6 weeks for Ubuntu 8.06 LTS
For those that don’t know, there is a new release of Ubuntu out on the 24th April. The #ubuntu-release-party is a virtual place to hang out and chat in the lead up to that event.
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“Can someone help me upgrade to Hardy from Warty?”
“Forget the torrents – just put a wget on the server in cron to run every minute.”
“Why wasn’t bug $X fixed?”
“Why doesn’t it have $version of $package? It was released weeks ago!”
“Where do I get the .exe?”
“Hey, come join ##channel too!”
My favourite was the guy who wouldn’t go to the toilet until the release was out
“Hardy is too new, nobody has had chance to test it yet, I think you’re all nuts! I’m going to wait ’til service pack 2 comes out”
Just wanted to add this one:
“***USER has BROWSER set up to autorefresh http://ubuntu.com every minute”
what about “it’s out when it’s ready” we are based on debian you know !
Zany Zebra ?
Cool name
so it’s OK to ask these things here?
When is it out?
When’s Hardy Out? You said not to ask on the irc channel
I’ll get you!
Misread that “release time” comment as BSD instead of BST…
For those that don’t know, there is a new release of Ubuntu out on the 24th April.
What timezone is that?
Sorry, just kidding.
I recall those.. especially when people posted direct links to mirrors..
“Its out!! Goto http://www.foo.com/ubuntu to download it!”
That was particually annoying last time.
Come on, I am the big prangster now for 3 years for these release parties and you just gave away all of my lines, now I will have to come up with something better this time around
“Mirrors are down…”
“Are the servers down, at the moment?”
…
“How much will it cost?”