Comment 388 for bug 85488

Jack, I too feel that regression bugs are a drag... don't know if other
distros are any better, maybe Debian... but then again you'll have to live
with pretty obsolete software from time to time if you use it.

Anyhow, if Ubuntu has a bigger problem with regressions than other distros, my
guess is that it is due to its tight release schedule. Actually, I wouldn't
mind having a 'release when ready' practise for Ubuntu too (just like with
Debian), but still with a bit more frequent releases.

Then again I too am a KDE user, so for me following GNOME release cycles
doesn't make any sense... But as a KDE user I can get a fresh version of KDE
through kubuntu.org's repositories, if I feel that I need em. In the same way
Ubuntu could actually offer fresh GNOME versions without having to release a
whole new version of the distro...

For the time being I've solved my scanner problem (in Edgy and Feisty) by
having OpenSUSE on my second machine... I'm not saying OpenSUSE has less
bugs, but at least it doesn't have the scanner one... :) (I think Debian
doesn't have it either.)

  cheers, Simon
PS. Sorry for offtopicing, maybe we could find a more appropriate place for
this discussion.