Comment 747 for bug 1

Excellent analysis Robin!

One more thing to note here is OWNER ship issue.
1. Linux Kernel
2. X Windows
3. GNOME/KDE
4. Firefox
5. Drivers etc

All these software pieces are OWNED by different individuals.
Can someone tell me when was the last time they all met together in a room?

I have been using Ubuntu since Drapper (5.10) days.
Every time I do

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

my system would break or become instable.

Just yesterday, I did apt-get update & upgrade on Hardy and I get into this "polkituser" hell.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=718910&highlight=polkituser

And when I suggested a way to prevent this issue at
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/10915/

they (developers) are apathetic to the idea!