Ubuntu releasing beta software???

[Bruce Marshall]

On Saturday 28 April 2007, Art Edwards wrote:
> The continuing frustration with feisty has led to this.
>

No frustration here and I've only been a *ubuntu user for a couple of months.

> I received the following error
>
> libpng12-0_1.2.15~beta5-1_i386.deb size mismatch
>
> I then did a synaptic search on libpng and all packages in feisty, save
> libpng3-dev have a "beta" in the name.
>
> Does it seem at all prudent to "Release" a distribution with beta
> software, especially something so basic as libpng???
>

Of course, that must be your 'hot button' and if it doesn't work right, the 
entire release is beta.....

> If this arose because of a commitment to six month release intervals (no
> matter what), I would suggest relaxing that goal in the interest of not
> angering your user base.
>
> Art Edwards

I see no problems whatever and have been a heavy linux user for the past 15 
years, so I do exercise a lot of the apps.

Go back to edgy if you don't think Feisty is going to do the job.