A couple of rants about Launchpad

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Wed Mar 11 14:29:14 GMT 2009


Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 21:59 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> 
>> Not that simple.  kdebluetooth is in main, yet I'm told it's not
>> supported in 8.10
> 
> Told by whom? 

The official Kubuntu upgrade page, iirc.

> My understanding from the docs is that "software in main 
> includes a hand-selected list of applications that the Ubuntu
> developers, community, and users feel are important and that the Ubuntu
> security and distribution team are willing to support. 

My understanding too, but the KDE 4.1 release in Kubuntu had serious flaws
and bluetooth was one of them.

> When you install 
> software from the main component you are assured that the software will
> come with security updates and technical support."
> -- http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components

Well, sure, it'll get those.  I'm sure they've been scrambling to get
bluetooth working.
-- 
derek




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