Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu 12.10 very broken... why did they release?

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Andy B. <sonfire11 gmail com> wrote:
> I am having major problems getting through the update manager. When I start
> it, check for updates start. When this is finished, update-manager goes
> completely unresponsive, and the only way to get out of the problem is to
> hard restart. When I try sudo apt-get update, it is supposed to ask for the
> password. For some reason, after this point, everything freezes. Any ideas
> what the problem is?

I have no idea what the problem is, but could you please choose a subject line
that reflects the issue you're trying to raise and which is not disrespectful
of a lot of work by many people?

If you disagree with the Ubuntu release process, and there are indeed people
within Ubuntu who are critical of it, then you can easily change to a
different distribution that accords more with your priorities.

I am not and have never been an Ubuntu user, by the way, since there are
aspects of Ubuntu that don't match my preferences and needs.

As to why they released, it's well known that Ubuntu is on a six-month release
schedule; it's October and therefore they released the version that they had
been stabilizing.