Comment 20 for bug 95460

Chris, Ubuntu has come with a claim that was new to me (I'm no primer to Linux, too) when looking on Linux, where I was used to it as Windoze user for long: Simplicity to use. Period. Not only for some freaks but for the typical user who just desperately believes he will really get what he sees. And after my first impressions of Ubuntu, I admit, I was impressed: It really was that simple. And with Edgy, I dared to recommend it for exactly this sort of persons. Now, only one release later, I'm proven wrong.

None of the freaks ever needed an automatic update service, did you? That's for those simple users around! But the most important requirement for any automatic service is stability. Nothing else but stability.

I think you are right: It really is sort of philosophy. But exactly this philosophy seems to have changed: Stability obviously is no longer the ultimate criterion for some of those who decide what to include into a "stable" release, just being too nosy about always having the latest of every single package. Even if it required a little bit of manual administration.

I agree, that I have to accept this where it is about a community driven project. But however, I think it's a pity.