do update/upgrade before reporting any issues in 10.04?

Lucio M Nicolosi lmnicolosi at gmail.com
Tue May 4 13:16:15 UTC 2010


On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Scott Hayes <scott.hayes at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 08:58 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> as a relative newcomer to ubuntu, i've already noticed a few
> niggling glitches with a fresh install of 10.04, but before i ask
> about them on this ML, is it reasonable to assume that one should stay
> on top of the updates and upgrades before posting about any of those
> issues?
>
>    as in, don't report any apparent bugs unless i've already:
>
>    $ sudo apt-get update
>    $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> is that the ubuntu way?  thanks.
>
> rday
>

> I think that is a very good idea. Patches come very quickly from Canonical, worth the extra couple of minutes.
>
> BTW try:
>
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> less typing

(Changed order to correct top posting)

Less typing? How come? Counted two more keystrokes.

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