<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 04:45:12 -0500 > From: jordon@envygeeks.com > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: The problem ubuntu/canonical needs to address > > On 6/4/2011 3:30 AM, arif tuhin wrote: > > Actually i have one Xen VM which was upgraded from hardy to Lucid and > > refused startX :). Although it was minor issue , solved after applying a > > patch to xorg libraries. > > > Another problem regarding online upgrade which is not ubuntu's fault is > > many mirrors stays behind/not properly synced the master mirror. Some > > times it gives a false scenario when someone is upgrading. You may > > think you are updated and ready to jump distribution, but in practice > > couple of your packages will surely break. It happened to me once. My > > local mirror was shipping new iso, but the erlier version packages were > > behind by two weeks. After i upgraded it broke gnome panel and compiz. > > After some tweaking it was ok. > > You can't blame Ubuntu for a Xen issue and that is a classic *Xen* > issue. Regardless of whether or not you would like it to be it's not > Ubuntu's fault and never will be. It also depends on who and how your > hypervisor is setup and how your images are setup too. > > If a package is two weeks out of date on a mirror you need to contact > #ubuntu-mirrors on irc.freenode.net or email mirrors@ubuntu.com and let > them know. If I remember right, mirrors are asked to update every 6 > hours, but 2 weeks is unacceptable by even the worst sysadmins standards > and I'm sure the mirror admins will not put up with that. > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users I'm not trying to blame anyone. I'm not a paid subscriber of canonical . So i do not think "blaming" is the right phrase to put here. I've been using ubuntu for nearly four years . I dont have any complains to ubuntu/canonical. I just want canonical to succeed in business. Its a wish which comes from the acknowledgement to the ubuntu project. I'm just sharing my thoughts(Although the list is not meant for general discussion, i guess i'm guilty of that :)). And i've tried to contact my mirror administrator (mirrors.ispros.com.bd/ubuntu) . In the web page they put up with the mirror to take feedback , my question about not synced mirror was put on hold for a long time and never answered. </body> </html>