Releasing with a known broken kernel

[Alexander Skwar]

· Daniel T. Chen <crimsun at fungus.sh.nu>:

> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> How? 6.06.2 will be released? Remember, in the worst case, 
>> users cannot even boot, so updating after installation becomes
> 
> There will always be hardware that refuses to boot Ubuntu. There's not 
> much that can be done about that.

In the terms of this kernel issue: Yes, there can. The kernel -26
shouldn't have been put on the 6.06.1 CD. Or a 6.06.2 CD should
be released QUICK with a -25 kernel (or better: with a -27 kernel,
which works).

>> Ubuntu Devs know about the bugreports. It's their duty, to care about
>> it. I made already enough noise on this list (in this thread and in the
>> "ubuntu 6.06.1 released" thread).
> 
> Many of us [volunteer devs] don't have the resources to follow every 
> single thread. Unfortunate but true.

True. But isn't Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical and aren't there
paid-for devs?

Alexander Skwar
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