Comment 82 for bug 342923

Swâmi Petaramesh wrote:
> @Gnurou : you can still manually download the older packages from
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/x/
>
>> « I am really close from dropping Ubuntu on this one. »
>
> So am I. I'm not sure if any project "head" at Ubuntu/Canonical is aware
> of the seriousness of such issues and the point to which it can piss off
> both old Linux sysadmins and I.T. professionals and Linux newcomers.

I think 'they' are aware, it's not the first time this happens. Viz
recent RAID debacle that made all systems using software raid unbootable
yet it took more then 10 months to fix (it's fixed now). I hoped Mark
Shuttleworth would put something on his blog abou this but no such luck.

I am also an advocate of gnu/linux and more specific Ubuntu - but
sometimes I do feel a really cold shower, and have to try explaining to
people why even tough my laptop has degraded after upgrade to Jaunty, I
still want to recommend Ubuntu as the more promising distro because of
Launchpad and the community in general. I wish this problem would be
addressed at a more global level. It indeed sucks to discuss this in bug
reports, but I can't seem to find a good way to discuss it elsewhere.