request for review of Ubuntu 8.10 release announcement

[Neal McBurnett]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 01:36:20AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Here is a draft for the Ubuntu 8.10 email announcement:
> 
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidIbex/ReleaseAnnouncement
> 
> Please review and advise me of any problems.

Looks good.

My comment is on the download instructions linked to at

 http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

After a prominent invitation to download the full ISO from the
mirrors, it notes this:

> Feel free to view the complete list of download locations and other
> download options, including BitTorrent downloads

To actually get to the BitTorrent downloads, the user has to then
navigate all the way to the bottom of two more pages:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors

 http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/

and hunt for the appropriate file there thru the many options.

We all know how overloaded the mirrors get on release day.  I'd
suggest taking load off the mirrors, helping people help each other,
and making the bittorrent option more prominent and more convenient -
it should just be a checkbox on the
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download page with a clear hint on how
much faster it can be when things are overloaded.

Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/