Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Florian Diesch]

Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> Since when did the Intel video driver becomes Mark Shuttleworth's or
>>>> Canonical's responsibility?
>>>
>>> It became Canonical's responsibility when they started distributing an
>>> operating system that depends on it. I do not care who is responsible
>>> for any particular bug, I turn to my OS vendor (the distro) when these
>>> issues arise, as it _is_ their responsibility to provide a working
>>> solution. Otherwise, I would use Linux From Scratch.
>>
>> The release notes for 9.04 said that there are problems with
>> Intel graphic cards. So if you install 9.04 and have problems with
>> Intel graphic cards you shouldn't blame Canonical.
>>
>
> Acknowledging that there is a problem was a good first step, if the
> problem could not be resolved before release. However, it has been a
> month since release, and no fix to the issue. Acknowledgement does not
> justify abandonment.

The issue is handled upstream and there will a fix as soon as upstream
has one. 



   Florian
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