Please remove WebCam step

Bug #1118589 reported by Dimitri John Ledkov
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Dimitri John Ledkov
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Dimitri John Ledkov

Bug Description

In 13.04 the ‘Choose a picture’ step will be removed, as it is not used widely in the Ubuntu experience and provide limited add-on value to users.

Tags: iso-testing

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Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Dmitrijs Ledkovs (xnox)
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Is this worth creating a release note for?

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :

It has not been agreed to merge this yet. If we do merge it, release noting it will be a good idea. (also iso tracker test cases will need to be modified, possibly other actions....)

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1118589

tags: added: iso-testing
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring):
importance: Medium → Wishlist
tags: removed: iso-testing
tags: added: iso-testing
Para Siva (psivaa)
tags: removed: iso-testing
tags: added: iso-testing
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.13.17

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ubiquity (2.13.17) raring; urgency=low

  * Remove webcam step (LP: #1118589):
    - User testing showed people are not expecting to be photographed and
      raise privacy concerns as to where the picture will be uploaded to.
    - Provides limited benefit, as avatar only ever shown on multi-login
      systems in the switch user indicator / pkexec.
    - Crashes the installer or doesn't work with certain webcams.
    - Miss detects camera presence, when it's just a sensor.
    - The recommendation is to move webcam test to checkbox / hw testing,
      as video conferencing is very popular these days and should work
      reliably out of the box.
    - LP: #924419 , LP: #981644 , LP: #987392, LP: #1152254, LP: #843354,
      LP: #1008204, LP: #1021449, LP: #1082458, LP: #1103780, LP: #1142751
  * Do not count optional pages, when updating the progress dots. This
    fixes "Porgress dots, well don't progress after partman step"
    LP: #1152746
  * Do not mark explanatory text on "Installation Type" screen
    insensitive, as otherwise it's ineligible (LP: #1074386)
 -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:17:51 +0000

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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