2008/11/2 Robert Leverington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Alan, > > Alan Pope wrote: >> I'm quite staggered that you think an entire OS release should be >> delayed for this! I personally use my CDROM drive once in a blue moon. > > A lot of people still use optical media on a regular basis, for example > I use it to make inexpensive off-site backups of my Ubuntu system and > watch DVDs on my computer and laptop. >
Which illustrates my point perfectly. Thank you. The fact that some people use their optical drive whilst others rarely touches it shows me that it's by no means a release critical bug. If it was a crucial component like the CPU didnt work under Ubuntu then yes, I'd class that as critical. However the fact is that a) it's in the upgrade release notes, which links to the bug, b) the bug not only describes a workaround but a solution so c) there is a more effective solution that described in the release notes. Take a moment to read the entire bug report and comments and you will see that this is much less of an issue that people are making out. I'm not arguing that the CD isnt an essential item or that it doesnt matter that it doesnt work, but the fact that it _does_ work, and it _is_ possible to work around this issue. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
