Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Florian Diesch]

Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> 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.
>>
> I understand that, Florian. The issue does not even affect me directly
> (it does affect some of my users, though). However, passing the bug
> off as "upstream" is saying that Canonical is not responsible for the
> software that it ships. It is blame-shifting. 

Canonical never promised to provide a bug-free OS or fix this kind of
bugs in time, and they don't have the resources to do so.

Canonical is not the creator but the distributor of that software.



   Florian
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