Kubuntu will remain a joke as long as it continues to push out software that is broken by default. Muon may be great software, but it should not be the default as long as it's broken! How can we "evangelize" Kubuntu when it can't even update itself in a fresh install? This is the FOURTEENTH release of Kubuntu, and UPDATING is broken by default.
This is just disgraceful. Someone needs to have the AUTHORITY to step in and say, "This software is not ready for release," and either delay the Kubuntu release or keep the broken software out of the release. KPackageKit may not have been great, but it WORKED. This is one of the pitfalls of having inflexible time-based releases. Debian wouldn't push out a release if something as basic as updating was broken. I don't care if Kubuntu 11.10 became 11.11 or 11.12 or 12.01-- it shouldn't be pushed out the door until it's WORKING! It would even be better to skip a release than to push out one that's broken by default! What's the problem? Why doesn't someone prevent the release from going out until it's ready? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/855793 Title: Kubuntu 11.10 beta 1: Error upgrading using muon Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After installing Kubuntu 11.10 beta 1 in Virtualbox 4.1.2 (during installation I did not select to get updates) I tried to do a full update using muon package manager. The download of packages completed successfully but the installation process stuck on 20 % on kate package update. After waiting for a long time ( about 1 hour), I killed the update process. Then, I restarted the virtual machine but my system is not functional (e.g no network, no sound, no way to perform updates). System Information -------------------------- Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 Architecture/Processor/Kernel ------------------------------ 3.0.0-9-generic i686 i386 GNU/Linux Muon Package Info -------------------------- Package: muon Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: kde Installed-Size: 328 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.2.0-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/855793/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
