Some distributions are more bleeding-edge than others about kerne releases, whereas others take a bit more time to work out potential problems. Sometimes releases do patch security problems, sometimes not.
I like to err on the side of stability, especially in production environments. It's not the first time Ubuntu has caused dependency problems in the server distro, and it's quite disappointing to hear that it's still an issue. I gave up on Ubuntu server 3 years ago for this very thing. This is 2013, this problem should not be happening for a distro that is marketed for production environments. This is exactly why RHEL, and Debian are the market server distributions of choice. Rock-solid stability depends on thorough testing before release, not bugfixing after the fact. Don't get me wrong, this will NOT turn into an Ubuntu bash-fest, but I do feel the need to point out the vast majority of their development is aimed squarely at home users, and now the mobile market. The server releases seem to come as an afterthought, which creates the situation we see now.
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