I have to agree with Brian in #37. It's looking more and more like Canonical are not interested in the user-base. First they remove Sun Java and expect everyone to report the bugs in openjdk and now this fiasco. In all the years I have been administering UNIX/Linux systems, it has been regarded as best-practice to have /var (and, indeed, /usr) on its own filesystem. I would suggest that upstart is really not production quality and, as such, should not be used for stable releases.
I have to agree with Brian in #37. It's looking more and more like Canonical are not interested in the user-base. First they remove Sun Java and expect everyone to report the bugs in openjdk and now this fiasco. In all the years I have been administering UNIX/Linux systems, it has been regarded as best-practice to have /var (and, indeed, /usr) on its own filesystem. I would suggest that upstart is really not production quality and, as such, should not be used for stable releases.