On 2009-10-12T21:24:50-0000, Gannin <digitalto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you kidding? Ubuntu developers and I suppose Linux developers in > general apparently don't really care about these little bugs that turn > out to be huge usability stumbling blocks, just like they'd rather stick > to a cumbersome form of software management that really only works well > if you follow the exact guidelines set out for you rather than wanting > to doing something like, oh, I don't know, updating to the latest > version of a program before the next distribution is released.
Nobody is stopping you from updating to the latest version of a program before the next distribution is released. You can always build from the source on your own. You can also run the latest distribution before it is released. But it's not always a "simple crap" to do that, because there can be a bunch of dependency changes, which might affect other parts of the system. This is why we have releases, where everything is hopefully in a somewhat stable state. Try running Gentoo if you want to be able to upgrade to the latest packages with little regard to how it affects the rest of the system. It's a lot of work to get everything working together. This is the work that the Ubuntu developers are doing. > Face it, Windows and Mac may be broken in a variety of ways, but simple > crap like this that prevents people from getting their work done, or > makes them have to work harder to get their work done, would just never > fly. If you are better served by Windows or Mac, then why are you messing around with Ubuntu? Just use what's best for you. -- evince sometimes yield error "Error printing: Too many failed attempts" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359975 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
