Earth Computing

[Dustin Kirkland]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Alvin <info at alvin.be> wrote:
...
> This is a real-life scenario. Is it common? I don't know. It's not free of
> struggles as you can see. So, this is a plea for quality. Cloud Computing
> might be very important, but please don't lose sight of the little guys who
> just want some 'classic' servers.

As one of the Canonical Ubuntu Server Developers working on our Ubuntu
Enterprise Cloud, I'll respond to this ...

We absolutely have a focus on quality for the "classic servers", as
you call them.  Basic Ubuntu Servers are our foundation, truly, for
all of our Cloud Computing efforts, both as a Virtualization Guest,
and a Virtualization Hypervisor.

Your email is well constructed, and having a targeted bug list is an
excellent start.  My guidance to you would be:
 * Help get each of those bugs into a triaged state, and with an
appropriate priority set, and filed against the correct package.
 * Re-test them with the latest development code, the 10.04 release
that's under development.
 * Provide all the information you possibly can to help a developer
work to solve those problem.
 * Nominate them for release, probably targeting Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid at
this point.
 * If you have hacks, work arounds, fixes, or patches, please, by all
means, attach them to the bugs, as again, this will help a developer
get an appropriate fix into Ubuntu sooner than later.
 * And have just a bit of patience and understanding that we have 100s
(or 1000s) of bugs, and merely a 5-person Ubuntu Server Team in
Canonical (plus a few dozen more Ubuntu and Debian community members
that help out).

:-Dustin