Comment 32 for bug 51419

What is really needed is a fixed package in edgy-updates, so that a freshly installed system will never be broken by a system upgrade.

In the current situation people will not be able to upgrade their system unless an expert user explains to them that they have to right click on the update icon. This is embarassing for ubuntu, expecially in this period, when ubuntu is gaining high popularity, and must be quick-fixed urgently.

Don't want to be polemic, absolutely, just to explain my mood, and the mood that I also feel from other's comments.

I know people that *never* wanted to use free software, always telling that "computers are made to be just used, and linux is made to hack and I don't want to hack". Recently some of them have asked me to help them, not generically with "linux", they've asked me to help them install "ubuntu", they've been specific since ubuntu is "in vogue" now. This is really positive in my "ubuntu-lover" opinion, but bugs like this one can really destroy any positive impression newbies can get about the distro.

Sorry if this comment hurts anyone, it's not its purpose, I am grateful to package mantainers and translators for their good work in any case :)