Unusability of bluetooth is one of the worst plagues in Ubuntu

[Matteo Sisti Sette]

On 26/12/13 18:07, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Um... lemme comment in a few things I see wrong in your email.
>
> Firstly, bug importance isn't "set" based on yours or mine's opinion only, there's certain things that importance is influenced by. (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance).

Yes, and importance "low" for such an issue is wrong based on those 
criteria, not on my or your opinion.
(So this wasn't something wrong in my email, but that doesn't matter)

 > Secondly, the compatability of Bluetooth cards and transceivers with
 > the kernel is an issue.  We have the same problem with some
 > wifi cards and even sound cards.  Ultimately if there are no Linux
 > drivers for a certain Bluetooth card then either drivers need to be
 > written or the manufacturer has to have Linux drivers made for that.

Ok, I don't see how that's something wrong in my email, but that's 
interesting. So, writing drivers for bluetooth cards (if that is the 
cause of the many issues with bluetooth) is one of the places where 
effort should be concentrated in order to make Ubuntu quality better.


> Thirdly, your attitude of "anger" at this issue, Matteo, by swearing and such in your message,

Where did I swear in my message? Oh yes, sorry, "shitty operating 
systems like Windows", that was the only one. Sorry about that. Note 
that wasn't about anyting related to ubuntu, however.

 > gets us nowhere.

I don't expect my anger to get anybody anywhere but I was trying to give 
a suggestion. IIUC, The QA list is meant to discuss what actions could 
be taken to improve Ubuntu quality, right? Among which, which categories 
of bugs may need serious attention.
So here's the point I was trying to make: there are a pretty huge bunch 
of bugs related to bluetooth that are degrading the Ubuntu experience a 
lot, are even getting worse over time, and are not getting the attention 
they deserve (which is demonstrated by the fact most of them don't even 
the importance decided, let alone correctly or not).

So that's a problem to take into consideration, just in case it wasn't 
already, and whether or not the person pointing it out (me) is an 
####hole shouldn't matter a lot.