Is Canonical against Kubuntu (2): the bug tracking disaster

[GreyGeek]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> while this surely is not nice, may I remind you that we are talking
>> about free and open source software here.
>>
>> Afaik you did not pay for it and you also did not pay for support.
>> So you can hardly expect to get defined problem resolution timeframes.
>>
>> Should you need better support, you might consider to use one of the
>> "enterprise linux" distributions that are out there, waitng for you to
>> buy them.
>>
>>     
>
> Why not use Windows, then? You pay for it, you get support.
>
> The truth is, that the issue here is not money. Ubuntu is free just as
> Kubuntu, so why the preference by Canonical devs?
>
> I do not think that the OP was complaining that _his_issue_ was being
> ignored, he was complaining that KDE / Kubuntu specific issues are not
> be given proper attention by *buntu developers. He is right. I could
> mention five showstopper bugs in Kubuntu 9.04 but the distro will be
> released with them anyway. Why? Because the Gnome *buntu varient is
> ready, and they want to release them together, even though the KDE
> varient has less developers assigned to it. Canonical's product is
> Ubuntu and spinoffs such as Kubuntu Xubuntu and others must make their
> own strides to keep pace, if that's what they want.
>
>   
Don't you think these "showstopper bugs" are hardware related, and thus
specific to the users of that particular hardware only?

For example, I was running Mandriva 2009 PWP last fall and it could not
recognize my Intel Mobil 4 Express chipset (G45), so I had to settle for
a  VESA setup until they found the Intel driver bug and fixed it.  I had
submitted the bug in September and watched until they found a fix in the
first week of February.   Not expecting the patch to filter down for
several months I heard Kubuntu 9.04 had released an alpha ISO that
featured the KDE4.2 desktop, so I thought I'd give it a go.   I was
stunned when it automatically configured my video chip and setup 3D
accelerated video!  

So what wouldn't configure under Mandriva DID configure under Kubuntu. 
A showstopper now the main show!

GG