I don't think it is realistic to expect that ordinary users will be able to find this bug and administer a workaround from the command line on their own. At the very least a detailed description of the problem and the workaround should be prominently displayed in the upgrade instructions.
I still keep getting notifications of new people submitting duplicates of this bug when upgrading to Gutsy. Once people lose confidence in the OS, it's very tough trying to restore it. -- [MASTER] [kde] Upgrade tool crashed with " Cannot allocate memory" (edgy -> feisty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107188 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs