Am 05.02.2010 um 10:46 schrieb Siegfried-A. Gevatter: > 2010/2/5 Markus Hitter <m...@jump-ing.de>: >> Perhaps he's talking about not to introduce a different photo viewer >> or instant messenger application every other release. > I'm not sure what you mean with this in relation to Ben's message. > > That's the point why there are releases
Actually, it's not. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution and as such it's the groundwork to run applications on it. To get newer applications, there is no direct need to upgrade the groundwork. >> And no, Ubuntu with it's applications is nowhere near the stability >> of [...] Windows XP. > You are kidding, right? No, I'm not kidding. Currently, Ubuntu fails to recognize the keyboard layout and the network connection between boots; VLC can't play videos without stuttering. That's pretty basic, yet the filed bugs get no attention or get attempts to declare them as user error. Neither is helpful. I'd expect at least hints on where I should stick my nose into to get onto the right track for a good diagnosis/fix. Shortly before Karmic was released I couldn't even file more bugs because Launchpad was more often down than functional. This situation led me to the conclusion there's no point in reporting further bugs, as they do nothing but fill Canonical's disk space. Apparently, the bug reporting and fixing (and packaging?) mechanism is so complex only few developers can keep up with it. Out of the ten bugs I have current, just a single one was fixed - in several months of emailing, while a fix was found within a week. Another one was even introduced intentional (kqemu), that's ridiculous. As soon as the groundwork is working reasonable I'm more than pleased to talk about enhancing the set of default applications. Yet, until Ubuntu gets there, there's a lot of work to be done. Markus > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
